My entire life I wanted nothing more than I wanted to be a mom. I couldn’t wait to enter into the season of motherhood and have my own beautiful children to take care of. I was always the oldest child out of all my mom’s friend’s children, so taking care of children was second nature to me. I loved kids and knew that having my own one day would be a dream come true.

Then I became a mom. Motherhood is oh so beautiful, yet it’s so very hard. I have never been in love with something that was so very hard to do before. Some days I feel like I am on top of the world, other days I feel like I am just trying to take it moment by moment and figure out this thing called motherhood.

I thought with all my knowledge of taking care of children, with my dream of becoming a mom, and my love for children this motherhood thing would be no problem. I thought I would be able to handle it and after adjusting to the role of mom that I would have this thing down.

But it didn’t happen that way…it doesn’t happen that way. Nothing in this life can prepare you for the role of becoming a mom. There are no amount of books you can read, no amount of advice you can seek, no amount of classes you can take that can tell you what to do that first time you hold your baby and instantly are in charge of taking care of another human. There is absolutely nothing that will ever prepare you for that moment.

But you will get it. You’ll figure it out, one day at a time.

Some days you’ll feel on top of the world, some days you’ll feel like you have no idea what you’re doing, but every day you’ll learn a little bit more. Each day that passes you’ll learn your baby and you’ll grow into your role as a mom. You may become a mom overnight, but that journey doesn’t stop there. There is more to learn, more to grow, more to grasp. Becoming a mom isn’t just a one-time event, it’s a life long journey as you learn to navigate each season of motherhood as it comes.

It’s okay if you don’t know what to do instantly. It’s okay if some days you feel like you’re in over your head. It’s okay if some days you wonder what you got yourself into. It’s okay to feel all those things and still absolutely love being a mom.

You’ll get it mama, one day at a time, you’ll get it. You will grow each day becoming more of the mom you are destined to be. As you shape those babies, they are shaping you. The hard days don’t make you a bad mom and the good days don’t make you a perfect mom. But what you are is the best mom for those babies.

You’ll get it mama, one day at a time, you’ll get it.