Originally written in January 2016. That’s two years ago. Yet the feelings still hold true and strong until this very day and probably for all eternity because I am a mom and I am forever blessed and proud to be one.

Today as I cuddle my 10-month old baby girl in my arms, watching her sleep, I am reminded of how blessed I am for a million reasons. For one, I am a mom. This title may mean thousands of behind the scenes heartaches & backaches, sleepless nights, undone nails & messy hairs, stained shirts, cancelled dates, juggling of tasks to get everything done and the never-ending worry of simply being a mom thinking if you are doing things right and best for your child. But the rewards of what is seen On Screen is truly worth every bit of the BTS circus. The toothless smiles, the chuckles, the soft kisses and even the not so soft ones when the entire face goes with the lips and lands straight to your nose bringing you to tears. I am getting sentimental as I write this with a sleeping baby on my chest, feeling her heartbeat and smelling her breath as she sleeps with her mouth open. The very life of this little one is bringing so much life into my own life. And today I am very much inspired more than ever before because of the love and strength I see in one mom who lost her child yesterday when heaven decided to take back a cherub. An angel as sweet, as lovely, as happy as my own little one. And I have been deeply moved, as any mom who holds her child with so much love would feel. The kind of love only a mother would ever understand. To you my dear friend, I am sending my love and prayers along with my gratitude, because though you may not know it or intended it, you have moved me, inspired me and reminded me to count this biggest blessing of being a mom — the ups & downs, the joys & pains, the laughters & cries, the messiness & tidiness — the beauty of motherhood in its entirety, loving your child unconditionally as the Creator intended for us to do. I am a mom, indeed I am blessed and proud to be one… On screen and behind the scenes❤️