How my life has changed since becoming a parent....#5

       It is time for another installment of my series. I have been thinking about what to write about next. It is hard to decide since there are so many things. I think I will talk about something a little more serious this time. This article will be about how my perspectives have changed.

       I remember when I was still single and I would hear people talk about child bearing as being a miracle. Since I had not experienced this, I would think that these people were crazy! How could something that painful, and kinda gross, be a miracle?! Then I met my husband and got married. Just under 2 years after that, I found out I was pregnant. I was scared and worried (plus, I found out 3 days before we moved to a different state!). At first, it didn't seem like too big of a deal. I didn't feel any different and couldn't feel the baby. Then, we went to our first doctor's appointment. When we got there, we were told that we would be getting an ultrasound. When I saw the tiny, little baby there on the screen moving and kicking, I cried so hard. I finally realized what people meant about it being a miracle.

      As she has been growing up, I am in awe of everything she has accomplished in such a short time. She has gone from a baby who could do nothing for herself to a little person who can talk, run, jump, change her own clothes, ride a bike, and many other things in less than 4 years. I now understand why my parents made the rules that they did and said the things that they said. I understand why they were so protective of me. I no longer see the world as I once did as a child and young adult. Now I see the world as a wife and mother.