What does it mean to be a Mother?

I think Mothering is different to each and every person experiencing it and as today is Mothering Sunday I guess it is something I have been thinking about - to me it is the following

• Love beyond measure and condition
  
• Joy without limits
• Guilt without end
• Frustration and exhaustion
• Wearing my heart on the outside of my body which can hurt like hell
  
• Willing to kill or die for my babies
• Fear of the unknown
• Overwhelming responsibility
• An ongoing test of patience
• A new lesson about myself every single day

I LOVE being a mother, and although at times I find it brings me to the absolute end of my tether, I am so grateful for my three beautiful children - they were a gift from God created especially for me and I only pray that I can serve them and raise them in a way that is deserving of this tremendous responsibility.