Ednalyn Dizon

People describe motherhood as a never ending task with so many challenges along your way. Some says, you need to be emotionally stable, financially stable and be on the right age first before starting a family or before getting pregnant. These are needed in order to somewhat smoothen your journey as a parent. However, nowadays, there are a lot of things that can happen unexpectedly. Today, there are a lot of scenarios wherein a teenager getting ready for college or just graduated from college gets pregnant. Aside from the emotion of fear admitting that a teenager is pregnant, there are several factors that make young pregnancy a very challenging stage of one’s life. Being a young mom, you can hear a lot of things from different kinds of people. There will be those people who will stay at your side that will support you all throughout and there are those people who make you feel that you need to stand up on your own since you choose whatever circumstances you are in right now. At the age of 22, I got pregnant, I am already working in a call center that time, with a stable job and I thought I was old enough to be a mother. But I was wrong. You will never know how hard it is until you are the one experiencing it. There are a lot of changes every passing day, from your emotions to the body changes as the baby grows inside you. At this stage, I realized that all these challenges during pregnancy could be the reason why a mother loves her children very much even during that times that they aren’t lovable. But it doesn’t end there. When I gave birth, I experienced the pain that I never imagine I can bear in my entire life and I can say that it is worth to endure. I can still remember when I heard his first cry, that was the moment that I felt complete being a woman. I thought when I gave myself to his father completed me but no, I became complete when I become a mother. When my son was born, the mother inside me as well was born. With this said, my son isn’t just the only one who’s growing up but I am also growing as a mother. I am not just the one who is teaching my child and training him up to be a better person but he also teaches me a lot of things. There will be a lot of time that situation can be hard, but if you are a mother, the only thing that you will think is your son’s welfare. There will be people who will criticize how you take care of your child. There will be a lot of things that will make motherhood difficult but take it as a challenge and continue persevering how to be a mother to your children. You need to bear in your mind that you need to be a reflection on what you teach to your children. You need to be the source of positivity and also you need to be patient in everything you do. The greatest responsibility of a mother is to raise a child. Motherhood can be difficult if you will not set your mind correctly. We are born to be mothers. Motherhood isn’t a task but it is the purpose why we are here. We are the one giving life and taking care of the next generation. We can say all the things that can make our children better individuals however, it is still their decision how to run their life and this is actually one of the frustrations of a mother. We may sometimes think that we are lacking of something that’s why one of our children is not on the right path, but no, we don’t have the capability to control their lives but we are here to guide them. We are their light on their paths that’s why we should be as a mother the epitome of everything. We aren’t perfect but we know what is wrong from what is right. Difficulties are just a matter of state of mind. You shouldn’t think situations to be difficulties but challenges presented to you to be a better person and to learn the things and character you need in order to become a good mother for your children.