Motherhood Doesn't Come with Instructions

The whole subject of motherhood has always been complicated for me. I was someone’s mommy before I was a whole person. Having a child a 14 I never got a chance to be a teenager. I went from 8th grade to parenthood. Finding out your child has an incurable disease when you yourself are only 17 was devastating. I felt that at that moment I was preparing for my daughter to die. By the time my son was born I was much older, but yet still not fully emotionally grown. Sure I had the job, car and apartment. However; I still felt like I was an impostor playing grown up. Things I wish I was told: Nobody knows how to do this. We are all going on trial and error. Children are on lone and don’t belong to us. Sprinkle a lot of love and laughter in everything you do. Happy Mother's Day to All!