It’s been a year since I became a mom: A year of firsts for both my little big guy and me.

They say that the first-born is special because you grow up with them. Nothing changes a person more in the world than being a parent.

I remember my sister saying that Children were created to make humans less selfish. I couldn’t agree more. Nothing has whipped me more into proper perspective than being a mother for the first time.

What did I learn from the past year? The little details such as how to handle a sick, sniffy baby, weaning from breast milk, changing diapers in a cramped public bathroom seem so small compared to the actual lesson of parenthood: being selfless. That is doing everything you can and more for that tiny, human being and knowing someday he will leave you.

Honestly, I couldn’t fathom that before but now, it is just like the most natural thing in the world.

There is nothing in the world that I want more than to give my son and my future children the best that I can give.

And yet there is nothing more in the world that I wish for than for them to someday fly away, leave me and become decent, useful, independent and happy human beings.

But for the meantime, let me just enjoy toddlerhood. =)

Happy birthday, my baby.