I am Mommy

I am the one who you wake up when you are sick or scared.

I am the one who changes your sheets in the middle of the night.

I am the one who comforts you when you have a bad dream.

I am the one who nurses your "boo-boos" back to health.

I am the one who has sat rocking you night after night when you had terrible ear infections.

I am Mommy.

I am the one who makes sure you have clean clothes ready to wear.

I am the one who gives you a bath every night even though you sometimes say you would rather be dirty all the time.

I am the one who brushes your teeth even if you hate it.

I am the one who fixes your hair so it looks like it's "sharked" every morning.

I am the one who wakes up much earlier than I'd like to pack your lunch.

I am the one who most likely packs too much food in your lunch, just in case.

I am Mommy.

I am the one who went through labor for 24 hours and had a rough delivery ending in a c-section.

I am the one who had to have surgery when you were 18 months old due to complications from that c-section.

I am the one they held you next to right after you were born and heard the words "Mrs. Zimmerman, this is your son."

I am the one that told the anesthesiologist I was crying because I was so happy when the tears were flowing just after I laid my eyes on you for the first time.

I am the one who laid in that hospital bed holding you in the middle of the night and through my pain and discomfort was in awe that YOU were my son.

I am Mommy.

I am the one who took you to your Kindergarten class this year one the first day of school, and managed to hold it together while I watched you embark on this new adventure in your childhood.

I am the one who remembered you were just that baby with me in the hospital the other day, or at least it seemed so.

I am the one who now walks you to the cafeteria every morning where you usually find a friend to eat breakfast with and say "Goodbye Mom!"

I am the one who walks away proud that you are doing all these things on your own.

I am Mommy.

I am the one you want when you're sick or sad.

I am the one you ask many questions, some I can't even answer.

I am the one you want to tell when you are excited or happy.

I am the one who gets to hear "I love you Mommy" several times a day.

I am the one who feels a little afraid that these days are going by just a little too fast.

I am Mommy.

I will be the one to help you when you have your first major project.

I will be the one to give you advice when the girls are no longer "yucky".

I will be the one to bid you goodbye when you drive off to take a girl on your first date.

I will be the one in the passenger seat when you learn to drive.

I will be the one cheering you on from the lobby of the DMV while you take your driving test.

I will be the one crying at High School Graduation.

I will be the one in the dorm parking lot with Kleenex and a box of goodies so you can remember home.

I will be the one crying at your wedding because I'll be so proud of the man you've become.

I will be the one in the waiting room at the hospital when you finally get to say I am Daddy.

I am Mommy.

And I wouldn't have it any other way.