Lately I've been humbled and encouraged by multiple friends who have expressed their utmost confidence in my abilities as a mom. One told me that I was "born for this role" and another that I have been possessed of the "mom gene" since I was 15 (or at least since then, as that is when she met me). You two know who you are... Other friends have expressed similar sentiments about what loving parents Coleman and I will make or what a lucky little girl our daughter is. I - truly, honestly - don't share these as a matter of pride. I share them because I'm so very thankful for them.
I spend most of my time worrying about what else I'm going to be (what in the world I'm going to do with my life, etc.), so it's really touching to hear that some of you are convinced of my aptitude or potential in this role.
So thank you to all those encouraging people in my life who are lifting me up, even if you don't realize it.
And, not to be too self-indulgent here, but when you're breaking weight barriers you thought you'd never see, any words of encouragement are key! At any rate, last week was a week straight of multiple people saying, "Wow! Looking pregnant there!" or "You're really starting to look pregnant..." or "You're getting pretty big there" (which should never, ever be said to any human being over the age of 12 or 13). These don't seem too disheartening one at a time, but in aggregate, they can wear on you.
Apparently, however, this is the week of multiple people telling me that I "only look pregnant right in front" or I've "got a belly, but that's it!" or "you're only belly - you don't look pregnant anywhere else!" God bless these people. Even if they're just being nice, keep lying to me, please! And then today another grad assistant came by my desk to tell me that she saw me walking across campus and that I'm "owning this pregnancy thing." She said I was confident and assured in the manner of celebrity moms who make pregnancy look easy. Even if she is deluded, she's adorable!
Now, none of these are as rewarding as the previously mentioned affirmations of my abilities as a mother, but they sure don't hurt!!
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Now since I must see the belly from afar where are those belly shots. Don't get too down about people making coments as to how big you are, they just keep coming until your done. Then I'm sure you'll get wow, how old is your baby you look great. Or I didn't realize how young your baby was, you look wonderful. Those ones are just as great as, you only look pregnant in the belly.
ReplyDeleteYou're going to be an awesome mom!! And anyone who still goes to hard core exercise classes when pregnant has gotta look good. :) My exercise while pregnant consists of walking from the car into the Dairy Queen instead of going through the drive-thru (this is only a slight exaggeration...)
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Oh - now I see that the referent of "Back to Texas" is you guys, but you have a blog that I can't see. What's up with that?
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