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I will never forget coming home from St. Vincents Hospital on February 6th, 2006. I was incredibly sore from an unexpected c-section, exhausted from our 4 story walk-up, my boobs were painfully engorged, I was having no luck breast feeding, and I realized they had just allowed us to bring this tiny 5 lb 8oz child home with us and I had absolutely no idea how to take care of him.
I was more scared and overwhelmed than I had ever been in my life before. At that moment one of my dearest friends Olivia called. She cheerfully and enthusiastically said, "Isn't this the best thing in the world ever." It wasn't a question, it was a statement. As the mother of an amazing daughter she was talking from experience. I paused, took a deep breath then sobbed, "No!"
Olivia was of course right. Motherhood is without a doubt the best and most important thing I will ever do in the world. It is also the most draining, challenging and exhausting thing I've ever done. Would I have it any other way? Absolutely not.
Thank you Auden for the most amazing 5 years of my life - the first 5 years of yours. I will love you until the end of time.
