To marry the most primal part of yourself to modern culture as part of the through line of humanity
To act so deliberately, knowing that the outcomes are completely outside of your control
To manage monotony while simultaneously influencing in unfathomable ways
To shape and mold one whose final form is beyond your ability to fully know
To inevitably do harm while endeavoring to do good
To repeatedly gain insight after the fact
To give of yourself in order to heal past trauma while laying the groundwork for someone else’s future
To take a leap of faith that exposes you to life’s greatest joys and sorrows
To love in a manner that is so knowable but so impossible to put into words
What a gloriously complicated thing it is to mother
