Babys First Year Blog
Regarding Matters of the Heart.
Love, multiplied indefinitely.
When I was 9 months pregnant with my first child, I remember laying in bed one night and feeling her move. I was fascinated with her and in love with her but I admitted to myself that even then, feeling as much as I was, that I couldn’t possibly imagine loving another human being as much as I loved my husband.
And then, she was there in my arms and I couldn’t believe the intense, consuming love that overtook me. The same thing happened again before Arlo was born. The same reflecting on my life as it existed in that moment – the love I felt for my husband and for my zany, delightful toddler. My daughter had been the center point of almost everything I had done for the last 16 months. How could I even begin to love another child as much as her? Even as my son was mere days from existing on his own in this world, I pondered the question.
It feels weird to admit that. That I worried I wouldn’t feel the same for him that I had for Everly. But again, like lightening, I was overtaken with the immediate, all encompassing love that greeted me as I held my newborn baby boy in my arms. I remember saying to my husband over and over in the weeks after his birth ” I just love him SO much!” and despite having gone through it once with my daughter, the immediateness with which it came still surprised me.
It has been the greatest lesson I have learned so far. Becoming a mother introduced me to love on a level I had never known before, but becoming a mother to two taught me that there really are no boundaries to the heart. It has infinite room to hold the joys of my children and it makes me hopeful and excited for all the growing it still has left to do.
~Melissa
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