Becoming a parent for the first time is simply not something you can prepare for – an array of emotions, from joy to anxiety, from fulfillment to exhaustion.  It’s less about being prepared for lack of sleep, stillness to cries, or embracing the truth that reading books and articles can only take you so far, and more about experiencing love like you have never known it before.  Love that comes with a cost, and yet you find yourself completely obsessed with it.  How beautiful to know a love that you would do anything for.  A love you cannot know until you hold it in your arms.  A love that shows you how you yourself are loved by your own Creator.