This is a beautiful way to look at motherhood. So true.
“What is REAL?” the Velveteen Rabbit asked the Skin Horse one day. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”
“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.’
― Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Motherhood has awakened a Realness in me I did not know existed. An overwhelming love–almost more than I can bear. My existence has taken on a completely different meaning.
I am truly living.
‘Does it hurt?’ asked the Rabbit.
‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. ‘When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.’
― Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Motherhood is painful. It involves hurt I never understood before.
My life is consumed with love…
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