Things I wished I knew before becoming a mom are many. I never regret having my son. I wouldn't give him up for anything in the world. That being said, being his mother is no walk in the park.

I wish someone would have told me just how much time children take up. I wish someone would have told me how gross kids are. I wish someone would have told me how judgemental other moms can be. I wish someone would have told me I would lose all my friends because they were too busy being normal young adults to hang out with me.

Other *blended* families like mine must have some of the same drama as I do going on. Before I left my son's father, I thought we were on the same page when it came to our son. As soon as I left I found out I was totally wrong. Sure we weren't married, but we had a child together so its just like getting a divorce. You really want to get to know someone? Leave them. Then they bring out the claws and become some monster you didn't know could exist. I wish someone would have told me that before I became a mother.

I was 17 and on the depo shot when I got pregnant with my son. So optimistic that if I could get pregnant while on birth control this child must really want to be alive. I had no freaking idea what I was getting myself into. I read every pregnancy and parenting book I could get my hands on. I wish someone would have told me that those books, they don't really help.

Motherhood is the greatest thing I will ever do. There are so many people that have gone to college, traveled the world and have all these awesome life experiences just to have the same job I have right now. I am glad I get to do this now rather then when I am older and not as energetic. No one ever told me how tired I would be, but that is okay because no one ever told me just how much love I would have for these little creatures that grew in my uterus. There are no words in my vocabulary to possibly describe just how much love children bring with them when they come into this world. No one told me and that's okay, figuring it out the hard way wasn't that bad.

You should watch this.
And read this.