Today, we celebrate #motherhood in all its forms.

To the moms who carried life and the ones who carry love just as deeply. To the new moms, seasoned moms, stepmoms, and chosen moms. To those still waiting, still hoping, still trying. To those who’ve experienced loss, and hold motherhood in their hearts. To the moms parenting through joy, through exhaustion, through every high and low. To the ones doing it alone, and the ones surrounded by support. To the mothers we’ve lost, and the ones who live on in our hearts.

Motherhood isn’t one story—it’s many. Each one unique, each one filled with love, resilience, and strength.

As I celebrate my first Mother’s Day I can’t help but reflect on the road that led me here — the bump before the baby, the delivery that brought him into my arms, and the little boy who changed everything the moment he arrived.

In just one year, so much has changed—and so have I.

Motherhood has changed me in ways I never could have imagined. It’s made me softer in all the best ways, but stronger too. It’s opened my heart to a kind of love that’s impossible to explain, but so easy to feel. It’s shifted my world completely … giving every moment a new kind of meaning. It’s reminded me to slow down, to breathe life in, and to hold on to every little moment, because they truly do pass so quickly.