When my daughter was born, I knew right away: nothing would ever be the same.
When my daughter was born, I immediately understood that my heart now beats outside my body. Love, as I had never known before, overflowed inside me, and vulnerability came along for the ride. And with vulnerability, fear. Motherhood is a constant work of balance. Sometimes, I look at my girl, and love takes over me, overpowers me, and at the height of that feeling, I also feel a weird understanding that I have given away all control. I have no control over my daughter’s choices, and I can’t stop her from getting hurt and experiencing heartbreak.
When you become a Mother, you give birth to your heart. Your heart, so beautiful and vulnerable, is now out of your control. Your heart, so full of love and potential. Your heart, so brave and scared, all at the same time. And you have to let it be. You have to allow your heart to fall and get hurt. You have to allow your heart to experience pain and suffering. And that is hard. It is hard to look outside of you and watch your heart, out there, living and being vulnerable to Life. That is when we must remember that Life is good and gentle if we allow it to be.
We need to balance our love and our fears in order to allow our Hearts – our Children – to fulfill their own destiny and become the unique expression of Life that they are meant to be. It takes courage. It takes strength. It takes a Mother.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of us, brave, allowing women.
xoxo
Méia
Méia Jacobs 
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