When my two children were young they started calling me \u201cMama Bear\u201d because they knew their Mama would fight fiercely to protect her two little cubs. That\u2019s because we protect what we value most, and my kids have always been what I value most.<\/p>\n
Becoming a parent is one of the most surreal experiences in the world. It is unbelievable to feel just how much love you have for this little person who enters your life, and it\u2019s crazy how you instantly can\u2019t imagine living your life without them. From the moment you hear the words \u201cyou\u2019re having a baby\u201d on you know you would do absolutely anything for that child. You know you would sacrifice literally everything you had to ensure their happiness. This little person instantly becomes your entire universe, holding your whole heart in their little hands from that point forward. So of course you are going to turn into a \u201cMama Bear\u201d and protect your little cub (or cubs if you are lucky)!\u00a0 And even though that little cub grows up and gets bigger, they will always be your little cub\u2026that\u2019s just the way it is.<\/p>\n
Before you were conceived, I wanted you.<\/span><\/p>\n Before you were born, I loved you.<\/span><\/p>\n Before you were here an hour, I would die for you.<\/span><\/p>\n This is the miracle of a love.<\/span><\/p>\n The truth is that I love that my kids know I am their \u201cMama Bear\u201d because their calling me that tells me that they know they can trust their Mama is always going to do what she can to watch out for them and protect them and try to keep them safe from harm.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery mom has a mission to love, guide, and protect her family. Don\u2019t mess with her while she\u2019s on it.\u201d<\/span> \u2013 Vicki Reece<\/p>\n There is no question but that as our kids get older it becomes harder and harder for a \u201cMama Bear\u201d to protect her cubs from all the hurts in the world \u2013 especially because many of the hurts they will face will be the result of their own choices. So you do what you can to teach them right from wrong, sharing from your own life experience and wisdom, and you sit back and hope and pray they will take it to heart.\u00a0 …But if and when someone else hurts your child, well they will see \u201cMama Bear\u201d come out of hibernation so fast their head will spin! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n From this \u201cMama Bear\u201d to her own little cubs (remember you are always going to be little cubs to me), I want you to know that I will always be in one of three places: \u201cIn front of you to cheer you on, behind you to have your back, or next to you so you aren\u2019t walking alone.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 You guys are my world and I love you unconditionally…now, always, and forever.<\/p>\n ~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When my two children were young they started calling me \u201cMama Bear\u201d because they knew their Mama would fight fiercely to protect her two little cubs. That\u2019s because we protect what we value most, and my kids have always been what I value most. Becoming a parent is one of the most surreal experiences in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15304,6867,9674,395,101,1327,3404,15300,550,15306,179,3599,15312,15305,5564,4298,4637,13952,15297,55,6151,15302,103,15301,35,420,15298,15299,415,1770,15303,15309,9635,264,2976,1096,8196,1388,15307,15308,15310,15311],"class_list":["post-8538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-a-mothers-love","tag-alexis","tag-alexis-anderson","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-ashley","tag-ashley-lewis","tag-baby","tag-baby-bear","tag-blessed","tag-cheer-you-on","tag-dalton","tag-dalton-anderson","tag-die-for-you","tag-dont-mess-with-a-mother","tag-eternal-love","tag-families-are-forever","tag-family-first","tag-flynn","tag-flynn-anderson","tag-happiness","tag-have-your-back","tag-hibernation","tag-hurt","tag-little-cub","tag-love","tag-lucky","tag-mama-bear","tag-man-cub","tag-motherhood","tag-parenthood","tag-protect-what-you-love","tag-protect-what-you-value-most","tag-right-from-wrong","tag-rollin","tag-rollin-anderson","tag-sacrifice","tag-the-world","tag-unconditional-love","tag-walking-with-you","tag-you-are-never-alone","tag-youre-having-a-baby","tag-your-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8540,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538\/revisions\/8540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}