I'M A MOM

Since June, i hardly have a good night sleep.  i always have about 4 to 5 hours to enjoy the comfort of our bed.  reason: i arrive home around 9 in the evening, have to check on the notebooks of my kids if they've done their home works, eat my dinner while browsing the net (checking emails, facebook messages and notifications, searching google for my lessons the following day), sleep at around 12 mn, wake at 4 am to cook food, set the table for breakfast, prepare three lunch bags (each has pack lunch, snacks, soup bowls, etc.), wake the kids at around 5 am (which i find really difficult especially with Kohbe), force them to eat breakfast, then assist them in bathing.  they are all set for school at around 6 am, their service arrives at around 6:10 am.  just then will i have time to face what i have to prepare for my class.  this has been my routine and even if i complain, there's no use.  

i really find this so tiring, but this is motherhood.  every mother's experience won't be complete without undergoing all these.  i would jokingly tell my colleagues, NANAY NA AKO NGAYON (I'M NOW A MOTHER).  some would ask, "why? haven't you realized that before?"
i only say so because i was not able to do all these before.  we had a house help ever since we had Tamarra.  i seldom washed dishes nor did i do the laundry.  i only cooked for my family if i felt like it.  now, whether i have to compute grades or just want to take a nap, i can't afford to do so. no one's gonna do these chores for me.  but guess what? i'm happy.  i was never this happy.  that's why i keep on telling everyone, nanay na ako ngayon.  it's a feeling you can never exchange for anything else.  yes! i get mad, i scold my kids for their wrong-doings, i get easily irritated, i don't want to hear them make noise at times, but at the end of the day, a kiss and a hug from them would melt my heart and make me forget what i just told them to do or not to do.

oh! how i love all my children!