roller coaster

 Motherhood is like riding a roller coaster that never seems to stop.  Even after you’ve raised your kids, the ride is really still not over.  Lord knows I’m constantly calling my mom for advice though I am now a mother of two myself.  Though none of us really like to admit it, there are certainly times we’d like to jump off the roller coaster – bring all things to an abrupt halt. Motherhood is not always fun.  Definitely not easy.  And the unknown can be truly dreadful.  How could you possibly predict that your nearly three year old would squirt a whole tube of lotion all over the carpet & you’d be on your hands & knees cleaning it up at 8 months pregnant?  Or that he’d try to flush a whole tube of toothpaste down the toilet and you’d have to pull the whole toilet to get it out?  No one prepares you for those moments.  But motherhood has its moments where the stars seem to align and all is right in the world.  Peaceful.  Happy.

One of those moments for me is when my two little ones are doing some together and enjoying one another.  When the love between the two of them is unmistakable.  Just moments before I snapped these pics, Keegan leaned over and put his arm around his sister and gave her a sweet kiss on the head.  I had to capture at least part of that moment.  I may have missed his arm draped across her small shoulder and even the sweet, gentle kiss he placed upon her head but the pics remind me.  They do truly love one another.

This was a moment I was proud to be on that roller coaster.  Motherhood certainly has its ups and downs.  But if we never had the downs, how would we know just how wonderful the ups could be?