Dear New Mother, Embrace the Body of Christ

Near the end of December, my two little boys were lifted from my womb and placed against my cheeks. From the moment the tiniest one was placed in my arms, I became keenly aware of my neediness. With each feeding, each arm ache from carrying a fussy baby (while I watched my husband do the same), each frustrated cry from my toddler who was tired of hearing “Please wait,” and each interrupted nap on the couch, I felt a little more smothered by our needs.

One day as I struggled to burp one baby while the other wiggled next to me, I muttered to my husband, “God should have given mothers of multiples the ability to grow an extra arm.”

But as each day passed and more people offered to help, I realized that God had given us something much better than extra limbs—he had given us whole people who loved us and our children.

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