I always wanted to be a Mommy

[Misspoker]

 When I was a kid and someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, all I can remember really wanting to be was a Mommy.  Sure I might have said something to the affect of wanting to be a nurse or hair dresser but that was only because I didn't think about being a mommy as a "real job".  As I grew older, moved out on my own and got married, I began to see motherhood in a different light; however, it really hit me the day I found out I was pregnant.  I had been married twice, the first time at age 18 and again at age 20 and after the break up of those two marriages and not being able to conceive my much desired child, I began to feel like my dream of becoming a Mother was never going to come true.  Then one day when I was 27 and least expecting it, I discovered my dream was finally going to become a reality.  Little did I know what was actually going to happen.  My life was going to change in a way that could never have been forseen.  I would become someone who I never anticipated being and my life would not revolve around me anymore.  I began the most important "job" I will ever have in life: Motherhood.  But my job came with an unexpected twist.  The challenge of having a special needs child had never been a thought in my mind.  I was told during my pregnancy that I was possibly going to have a child with developmental issues and was asked by the doctor if I would consider aborting my child.  OF COURSE NOT!  I had waited all of my life for this opportunity and didn't know if it would ever come along again.  There was no way on earth I would consider that being an option.  I was going to have this child NO MATTER WHAT!......and I did and have never regretted it.  She is the most precious gift I have ever been given and I will cherish her forever.

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