Personal Narrative: How My Life Changed Forever

On November 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, my life changed forever. As I lay on the operating table in a daze, I heard the muffled cries of my tiny newborn son for the first time. From the moment they rose him up over the sheet, I fell in love. I had a handsome little boy. The feelings that I had experienced were greater than I have ever felt before. Even though he was covered in vernix, a greasy white substance that protects the skin from the amniotic fluid (“First Day”), to me he was perfect. With tears streaming down my cheeks, I kissed his forehead and watched them take him away to get him cleaned up. I didn’t get to hold him until I was in the recovery room, it felt like an eternity waiting to see my son. When they finally brought him to me, I held him in my arms and couldn’t let him go. I never would have thought that this little baby could have this effect of me. Once we brought him home, he still never left my arms. I slept with him next to me, that’s the only way we could get any rest. Sleeping was slim to none in the first few weeks of his life. Newborns only sleep around two to three hours at a time. That was okay, that just meant we had more time to spend together. I loved staying up, feeding him in the rocking chair and watching movies, or …show more content…
When I take him to school, I love watching him enter his classroom with a smile on his face. His happiness is my happiness. A lot of moms would appreciate the break, but I don’t know what to do with myself while he is at school. Motherhood is a strange but beautiful thing. One minute you are begging for peace and quiet, but once you get the break you miss your rambunctious kids. There is no manual that tells you how to be a parent, you have to figure it out with your own experiences. I often get asked where I would be now if I didn’t have my son, and I honestly don’t have an answer to that. I can’t imagine my life without my crazy