“Motherhood isn’t a test, but a religion: a covenant entered into, a promise to be kept. It comes in one-size-fits-all, and it camouflages flaws like nothing else. How could it have taken this to make me see that [my child] is the one thing in my life that I got right the very first try?”
From Keeping Faith, a novel by Jodi Picoult
While I like the idea of this quote it is NOT how I feel. I feel like I’m being tested every day (sometimes I pass, many times I fail). And nothing else I have ever done in my life has shone such a brilliant light on all of my flaws and shortcomings. Every day is an excercise in learning how not holy I am. How close to Hell and far from Heaven. I love being Lydia’s mom but sometimes I feel like I’m not ready for all these revelations.
Bonnie, I completely agree. Jodi Picoult often has poignant quotes on motherhood marbled into her books, but I always have to remind myself she’s writing fiction and real motherhood can be a lot different than fictional mom’s life!
Blessings!