Email a friend just sent me.

This just about sums it up.

Before I was a Mom,  I never tripped over toys  or forgot words to a lullaby.  I didn't worry whether or not  my plants were poisonous.  I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom,  I had never been puked on.  Pooped on.  Chewed on.  Peed on.  I had complete control of my mind  and my thoughts.  I slept all night. Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child  so doctors could do tests.  Or give shots.  I never looked into teary eyes and cried.  I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.  I never sat up late hours at night  watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom,  I never held a sleeping baby just because  I didn't want to put her down.  I never felt my heart break into a million pieces  when I couldn't stop the hurt.  I never knew that something so small  could affect my life so much.  I never knew that I could love someone so much.  I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom,  I didn't know the feeling of  having my heart outside my body..  I didn't know how special it could feel  to feed a hungry baby.  I didn't know that bond  between a mother and her child.  I didn't know that something so small  could make me feel so important and happy. Before I was a Mom,  I had never gotten up in the middle of the night  every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.  I had never known the warmth,  the joy,  the love,  the heartache,  the wonderment  or the satisfaction of being a Mom.  I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,  before I was a Mom .