I have received Mother's Day gifts since I was about 16; partly because I helped raise my siblings and partly because I wasn't a mother. Mother's day was a reminder that I wasn't a statistic and that I was moving in the "right" direction. This Mother's Day not only am I a statistic, I am also a mother. I can't even count the amount of women I know that have recently given birth or are expecting. The wave has come and I'm happily caught in it. I also want to share that I feel that Mother's Day is for celebrating expectant mothers as much as it is for mothers with live children. Pregnancy is the pivotal time when mothers sacrifice themselves to give their children everything they need. The cycle goes on indefinitely until the child must provide for the mother. However, pregnancy is the first exemplary model of what mothers do. We give ourselves totally to ensure that our children are secure, nurtured, and healthy. I am so honored to be a mother.