Ever since I was a kid myself, I knew I wanted to be a mom.

This is going to sound like the most cliché dream ever, but I have always had the mindset that I don't care what the future holds for me, as long as I have a family that has everything they need.

I've envisioned myself in many realistic and unrealistic futures, but the one that excites me the most is ironically as simple as it gets.

I believe I was born to be a mother and a wife.

As a child, I tended to my baby dolls way differently than other little girls my age did. I kissed the top of their heads and always made sure to keep their head up when picking them up.

Every time I was around children, it felt 100% natural. I think everyone around me always knew that whatever the future held for me, one day I would be a mother, and I would give my all to my children.

Thinking of the day I can finally say I'm a mom brings tears to my eyes, because I already know how much I'm going to love my children... but really, something tells me I have no idea how much I'm really going to love my children.

There are a lot of things in life I haven't done right, but being a mother won't be one of them.

My children will be brought into this world through love, and nothing less. I will love their father, and they will know they were brought into this world because their parents were crazy about each other.

I have lived a life of high standards. I have values and have lived a strong life in regards to never settling for less, and even though I do that for myself... I will carry those values with me when it comes to being a mom.

I will make sure that their father is a man who doesn't give up. I will make sure their father is loving, funny, and supportive. I will make sure that he is someone who will make me a better person because that's what every child deserves... the best mom in the world.

Through growing up and experiencing life, and all the joys and hardships that come along, I know I am preparing to be the woman that will make my husband and children the happiest they can be.

In the end, I will be the only person who can give my children a mother who loves life. And I will give them everything I am capable of giving, and I won't bring them into the world until I am sure they will have the best.

I won't bring them into the world until I have lived, experienced the world, and grown into the woman I know I am capable of being.

Being a mother will be a reward to myself, because the first time I hold my precious little baby, I will know I made it and that I'm finally the woman I've always wanted to be.