The Bravery of a Mom

I don't think that anyone truly understands how brave a mother has to be. There are so many times that a Mom has to take a deep breath and just move forward. The first time you leave your baby with a babysitter that is not family. The first day of Kindergarten or Preschool when you let them go off for the day with strange kids who will teach them who-knows-what. Sleep-overs at someone else's house. What about when they become teenagers. The things they are exposed to. The three D's: driving, dating, drugs... There are so many times in a mother's life that she has to be braver than she really is. Sometimes letting your kids grow up just sucks. It is so scary that Heavenly Father has entrusted us to raise these children. But it is important to realize that He has only lent them to us for a small while. If we do a good job as parents, they will want to remain in our lives even after they no longer have to.

So today, when I took off Evan's pull-up and replaced it with plastic underwear, I was braver than I wanted to be. I was saying Yes to letting Evan be more independent, but also reluctantly saying Yes to cleaning up many messes over the next few... days.

Okay, I'm more of a realist than that, but anyways...

Potting training, here we come!