Abigail Somma didn’t really enjoy parenting her toddler twins, but she found the beauty in it anyway
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines atWhen my twins were one and a half years old, I decided to become a meditation teacher. The initial intent wasn’t wholly to be a meditation teacher, but rather to get a much-needed break from my life. The way I explained it to my partner and co-parent was a little different. I told him this course would move my career in a direction that was more meaningful.
This was only partially true. Or rather, it used to be true. As my children turned the corner from 3 to 4, and the epic tantrums died down, and the sleep deprivation hangover began to lift, and my kids began doing small things for themselves, I noticed a shift taking place. Slowly, I began having genuine moments of fun, I sometimes found myself in spontaneous laughter and even touched by bliss.Most days while mothering toddler twins, I cried at least once out of frustration or exhaustion.
Wait, what? Just as I’m moving past cleaning bottoms, mega-tantrums and waking up five times a night…. we’re on to growing up and moving on?And I won’t just miss her when she grows up. I already miss her nowJust knowing that some day she will grow up, that she won’t be here right next to me, that holding her in my arms won’t always feel like the most natural thing in the world for both of us.
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