Motherhood actually began for me on December 1, 1968. I had a beautiful daughter named Elizabeth Anne, whom I adored on sight. The feelings I had were different from anything I had felt before. I was excited, scared, happy and sad all at the same time. I didn't know if I cou

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While taking care of my newborn baby, I soon became a multi-functional worker. If only a new mother could be like an octopus with eight arms! One arm could be changing the diaper, one arm reaching to get the formula and the bottle, and one arm retrieving the blanket the baby just kicked off. Unfortunately, we humans have only two arms and have to think of new strategies to accomplish many tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible. At first, this was impossible for me to learn. However, after a while, I developed a knack for doing all these tasks, and was then lulled into a sense of security. I believed I knew all there was to know about raising a baby. How wrong could a person be! This was only the beginning and a true learning experience was about to begin.

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