Becoming Her: A Letter From the Woman I Am to the Woman I Used to Be
There are moments in life that feel like a quiet whisper, and then there are moments that shake your entire soul awake. This season of my life feels like both. I sit here now, feeling the gentle movements of the little life growing inside of me, and I still have moments where it doesn’t feel entirely real. Moments where I pause in the middle of an ordinary day and think, I’m going to be someone’s mother. Not someday. Soon. And every time that truth settles into my heart, I become emotional in a way I can’t fully explain. Because this isn’t just about preparing for a baby. It’s about realizing how much life can change. How much I can change. If you had told the version of me from years ago that this would be my life one day, I’m not sure she would have believed you. Not because she didn’t want happiness. Not because she didn’t dream. But because life looked so different then. I looked so different then. There was a version of me that was constantly trying to survive. A ve...
