1) A Best Friend.
2) A Foundation.
3) Peace and Comfort.
4) Unconditional Love.
5) A Guide.
6) A Provider.
7) Nurturer.
8) A Singer.
9) A Doctor.
10) A Coach.
11) A Treasure Hunter.
12) A Whisper.
Sometimes I don't always feel like I have it together. In fact most of the time I feel like I am one step behind, one binky short, one lullaby forgotten. Patience is not always available when needed and as I look for the manual, the instructions on doing all of this correctly I realize that, it is OK. It is OK to be tired. It is OK to be hungry or impatient. It is all worth it because....
As I lay in bed with my now toddler in my arms I realize that I am her Best Friend. Even if sometimes I feel like she would rather have her daddy or ask for her Auntie or hug her Grandma before hugging her mom, I am and will always be her Best Friend. I am her Foundation, her rock, her stability. I am her peace and comfort, when she is sad, happy, mad or frustrated and buries her head in my chest I can feel her sense of peace and comfort just come over her. I am her unconditional love, her guide, her provider, her nurturer. I am a singer (not a very good one) and hearing her try and sing her ABCs while lounging in my lap just melts this mommies heart. I am her doctor, every scrap, every cut mommy is there to kiss it and magically make the pain disappear. I am her coach. When she learns how to throw a ball or do a somersault mommy is there to coach her through it. I am her Treasure Hunter. Whether it be her lost binky or her missing cup of milk, I am her hunter. I am her whisper, the quiet whisper after she falls to sleep, "Goodnight...Sweet Dreams... I Love You."
