For some reason, this quote popped in my head while I was getting ready for work. "...We must be beautiful, powerful, and without regret." This is a quote from Interview with the Vampire , by Anne Rice. Sure, when Armand said it, he was referring to vampires. But can't it also be applied to mommies as well??? All mothers are beautiful . The very act of giving birth is an act of beauty and creation. This tiny little thing was made by you. He or she is yours to love forever. But after birth, you are left overweight (well most of us are), with stretch marks and other such physical and emotional reminders of what had happened. Maybe you even use your body to nourish your child. You spent all your time focusing on your kids, you forget yourself. Your life becomes one of schedules, and diapers, and feedings, and more diapers. But you need to take the time for yourself. You need to find yourself within the mommy that you've become....
wife. mother. writer. kidney transplant recipient.