I Never Thought It Would Hit This Hard || Open
Motherhood was exactly what Molly had imagined it to be. It was the most rewarding thing she had done. She loved watching her babies grow into toddlers, and into small children who had personalities.
However, with five kids and being pregnant, she didn’t often notice the various aches and pains that went on in her body. To her, it was all completely normal and she pushed it out of her mind because she had a family to take care of. For the most part, that worked. But seeing her kids hit milestones like smiling for the first time, laughing, recognizing her, all the way up to taking their first steps, saying their first words - it made those aches and pains she felt worth it. To her, she would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
But when she had down time to herself - when she was watching her kids play, or the younger ones were taking a nap while the older boys quietly did their school work and she had some time to herself, she realized the severity of what the lack of listening to her body did to her.
These moments though, these moments of just watching her kids play outside while she had one of the twins in her arms (usually George - Fred is the talkative of the two, the outgoing one) was when she was able to relax - it’s what helped ease that pain of pregnancy, children, nurturing said children.
She was so enthralled with watching her children, as she rubbed a hand along her bra strap on her shoulder, that she hadn’t even heard the voice behind her speak to her. So when she saw the shadow of the person who had just spoke move on the ground, she started slightly and looked up at them. Just then she realized she had been spoken to. “I’m sorry, love. I must have been lost in thought.”









