Motherhood

Motherhood isn't anything like I expected it to be. I'd wanted to have a child for so long, but all I'd heard about were the sleepless nights, dirty nappies and baby sick all over your shoulder. A lot of people I knew had many negative things to say about having children. If I had listened to the advice of the world then I probably wouldn't be a mother now.

There was something inside me that told me to ignore the negatives. That there was something more important beyond it. With the arrival of my girls, I found the hidden treasure no one dares to speak about.

I love being a mother. It is like nothing else on this planet. I love it so much that I long to add another member to the family and another piece to my heart. My body is not so willing to co-operate with me, but I'm working on her. She'll come round. Or maybe I just used up all my allocation of sticky dust with the two strong little girls who have just been splashing around in the bath and throwing plastic toy fish at me for the last half an hour.

With motherhood, every day is an adventure and no two days are ever the same. It's the kind of life I could never have expected to lead and enjoy, but here I am.

I'm loving every second.