I'm getting verklempt... talk amongst yourselves

I have had a number of humbling experiences in my life.  Here are just a few:

• Running a marathon
• Being let go from a job
• Being called out for bratty behavior
• Disappointing my parents/boss/husband/friends/etc
• The moment I knew I was in love with Bret

There are good humbling moments and bad ones.  Marathons are emotional and painful, but that humbling is good.  It breaks you down to nothing so you can rebuild your spirit and keep going.  It is cleansing, cathartic.  When I knew I loved Bret, I knew I would love him forever.  I knew that there was someone in this world that mattered more to me than anyone ever had before.

Now I am a Mama.  This is crazy humbling.  My body is growing a little life.  And during moments when I wish I could throw back a beer, have brie on toast, or have the energy to do everything I could do before, I try to remember this.  That right now, my job is to grow a baby.  My time, love, and self-care are devoted to the upcoming birth of this child.

Speaking of humbling... on Thursday, we find out whether it's a boy or a girl.  Either way, the baby's name will start with an M.  So the bee's grandpop has started calling our child Baby M.