This is a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT to all MOMS.
I'm not sure why no one tells us this, but they don't.
When we have our first baby, we hear things like, "Don't worry, this will only last for the next 18 years" as they laugh about our sleepless nights.
As time goes on we hear, "The terrible 2's are nothing, it should be called the terrible 3's" or "Just wait until they're teenagers!"
And later still, we're promised, "Just a few more years and they'll be out of the house."
Well here's my no-holds-barred, truth-be-told PSA: It NEVER ends. Ever. You will always be a mom.
You will always care, love, worry, pray, want to scream (and sometimes you will), cheer them on, cry (both happy and sad tears), lose sleep, encourage some more, pray some more, throw your hands up in exasperation, do some praise dances for wise decisions, and through it all...you will learn to laugh a lot (at them, at yourself, at life together).
Because adult children are still your children - and you will always be Mom - forever. Amen?
AMEN.
