a mothers gathering

This week was my first time attending "a mother's gathering". A local store called a mothers haven hosts a gathering where 12 women and their babies get to gether every week to discuss issues pertaining to new mothers. All of the mothers have babies born within a month of eachother, and most live nearby in the valley. This week we introduced ourselves and our babies, and then we discussed how different the reality of motherhood is compared to our perception of what motherhood would be. All of the women seemed very nice, and I am really looking forward to getting to know them better. It was great hearing other women's stories, and feeling like I was not the only one experincing some of the thoughts and feeling I have had in the past couple months. What it amounted to is... motherhood is the hardest thing any of us had every done... and most of us felt that we were ill-prepared. With that being said, we all thought it was the most wonderful, miraculous thing we had every experienced. In the next months I will share the highlights some of our discussions.