10 years ago I was still in my twenties (barely), I was still close to being a newlywed (married less than 2 years), I did not yet have a fancy coffee habit, and 10 years ago today I became a mom. Like all parents I guess, my life now has 2 distinct parts - before kids and after. Ten years is an entire lifetime to my son, but to me it has been a blink of an eye, a blur of milestones, birthdays, love and war with sisters, and, more recently, taking a backseat as friends become more important than mommy.
In another 10 years all of my kids will be driving (yikes!), and 2 will probably be in college. I might be ordering more than one latte when we take a family trip to Starbucks, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Right now I'll just take a moment to reflect on the last 10 years. It hasn't always been pretty, and nothing, not even the many baby classes I dragged my husband to at the hospital really prepared me for most of it.
I've learned something new every day about myself and my kids during 10 years of parenthood. It's not going to get any easier, but there is never a dull moment and I look forward to another decade of lattes.
