What They Don't Tell You

• Each moment is one of exquisite joy and heartbreak; out of a million breaths there is only one first breath, out of a million smiles there is only one first smile, out of a million days on this earth, there is only one first day
• Your body will be battered and sore
• You will feel lonely, and you will cry into your husband's shoulder and he will be brave for you, even though he wants to cry himself
• The smell of your milk on her breath is the sweetest thing in the world
• Fifteen minutes of screaming at 3 am will feel like fifteen hours
• When you look into the mirror, you will see her eyes. When you finally fall asleep, you will see her face
• You will be humbled, honored, exhausted, joyful, overwhelmed
• Somehow, in the middle of the night when she is crying, your hips will find their own sway; your voice will find its own tune, and in that moment you will become "mama"