10. Choosing names that will reflect positively on your children for the rest of their lives even though you ultimately choose to call them Thing One and Thing Two.
9. The feeling of accomplishment of having pushed eight pounds through what feels like a postage stamp-sized exit.
8. Knowing from the moment they enter the world that you will have absolutely no problem slaying anyone who dares to hurt them in any way, which also means that you'll push an older kid out of the way during a parade so your kid can get the beads thrown from the float.
7. Hearing their laughter for the first time. Just recalling it brings me joy even now. It completely cancels out all of their crying which I really don't remember at all.
6. Reading stacks and stacks of books with Thing One while waiting those nine months for Thing Two to get here.
5. Being the most important person in their lives for a while with the ability to solve all of their problems and rock them and tell them everything will be okay.
4. Seeing them perform on stage. There's something about seeing your kid up there singing, being a tree - it doesn't matter.
3. Building a family which includes the four of you and a menagerie of animals to include cats, dogs, puppies, kittens, a snake, fish and birds.
2. Passing on wisdom and teaching them valuable skills like driving and when it's appropriate to swear.
1. All of those moments of pride over the years and the realization that you're not only a mother to these two people you helped create, but that they have turned out so well.
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