NPR is running a series on parenthood, where they are asking listener's to answer questions they pose. Here's a link... The current question is, "Has parenthood changed you? Was there a moment or incident that sparked the realization?" Below is my response.
The better question is how hasn’t parenthood changed me?
There was no single moment when I realized how much I had changed since becoming a parent. It wasn’t at our daughter’s birth; I don’t think I had “ baby love at first sight”. I was freaking out about the realization that I was suddenly responsible for the life of another human. A really, really tiny human.
As I have come to know my daughter, though, as her personality has developed, I’ve fallen more in love with her everyday. I have also become inexplicably more sentimental. My daughter is currently obsessed with Toy Story 3, and I cry at the ending every time.
Parenthood is a continual exercise in patience and a constant reminder of my inadequacies. Parenthood is exhausting and exhilarating. Parenthood is seemingly endless worry and endless joy. Parenthood does not define who I am, but now that I am a parent, if I weren’t any longer, I would not be whole.
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