This year is my first mothers day as a mother. Interesting how becoming a mother is actually a practice that happens over years of watching those who are ahead of you on the path. . . . a constant striving to become what they already are.

Wife.
affirmation. actions. understand a once-bachelor. breath. breathe. become. build. communicate. care. cook. compromise. clean. creative. don't mind dirt. dream. dishes. efficient. economical. funny. forgive. gyno. grateful. give. groceries. goals. happy. helpful. honest. interested. intuitive. inspirational. initial. joke. kitchens. kinship. kind. laugh. laughable. laundry. light-hearted. learn. lovely. love. meliss. mind myself. muscles. neat. nice. name. nature. near. nickels. open. offer. peace. prayer. quick. quirky. reasonable. resourceful. save. serve. soft. sensitive. sweep. tough. tender. talk. talker. thank you. united. virtuous. validate. willing. welcome. xenocryst. yin. zeal.

Mother.
accept. acclimate. artist. bathe. bottles. brown. bake. bandades. create. cuddle. cry. compassion. consistent. cope. carry. carry on. diapers. driver. doctor. establish. enthusiastic. fair. forgive. fix. gain. guidance. give. hero. healer. hiker. infinity. instilled. imagine. insist. insure. jest. kiss. kindle. love, love, love. load. learn. listen. merciful. mature. mop. mix. negotiate. nest. nurse. newspaper. organize. onesies. play. play dates. principles. persevere. persist. pick up. potter. pump. qualified. quench. release. schedules. support. soothe. self. selfless. sacrifice. strong. smiles. super hero. stable. teach. tireless. thick. thinker. talker. understand. valiant. valued. values. versatile. vital. warm. worn. wrap. wake. wrinkled. wise. x chromosome. yours. zenith.