How to Know You're Ready to Be a Mom
The Desire You've been wistfully observing parents with their little ones for a few weeks now. After "settling into" your marriage for a year or two, you have a growing desire to welcome a child into your home. You find yourself questioning whether you're ready for motherhood. Three months ago, you didn't give it a second thought — you just knew you weren't there yet. But now... Now you're wondering . That was me. At age 22, I had been married for three years when I began seeing mothers and their children differently. I watched a friend trying to corral her energetic 18-month-old at church or heard a stranger call her boy "son" to get his attention. And I longed for that. I shocked myself. I wasn't really a "kid person." I had generally avoided babysitting as a teenager. I didn't feel drawn to my friends' kids — if anything, I'd thought they were a little...well, gross. I'd always planned to have children someda...