A girl mom

I read a post today about being a boy mom. The woman lamented the fact that she has two boys and may not ever have the opportunity to be a mom to a daughter or have those mother daughter opportunities that she had and still has. Prom, weddings, grandkids.... she will view those as a mother-in-law. It really got me thinking.

I am a girl mom. I will hopefully get to watch three beautiful girls walk down the aisle to a man that only God could have chosen.

I am a girl mom. I will hopefully have the first hand info on their pregnancies and be the one they turn to most for advice as they too become mothers.

I am a girl mom. I get to relive my childhood in these darling little girls and look forward to that wonderful time where they are not just my daughters but my best friends.

But I am not a boy mom.

And when I say that I am not a boy mom it causes a funny little flip flop in my chest. The kind that reminds me that a whole different world is out there that I don't get to experience.

I am not a boy mom. The noise and the wild and the rough and tumble are not part of my world.

I am not a boy mom. That little guy who loves his Momma best is not something I will be able to know.

I am not a boy mom. I will not get to see my son and watch him grow into the kind of wonderful man his father is.

Having only one gender of child puts you into a different situation. I mourn the fact that I don't have a son while at the exact same time thank my GOD for giving me three healthy, beautiful, smart, funny little girls. I am filled with JOY at being their Momma, but at the same time I have a sense of loss. I think its something that many moms that are either "girl moms" or "boy moms" will face.

                                                     I am a girl mom...... and I am blessed.