Amanda Hopper is an interpreter at the Old Sacramento History Museum. She joined Wells Fargo in May of 2007. Amanda enjoys giving tours and sharing Wells Fargo’s history with all the visitors to Old Sacramento.
So do the right thing — drop everything and call your Mom right now. (Just don't use the Company phone!) (CR)
This is a very special Mother's Day 
for me. It's the first I get to celebrate as a Mom. My daughter Marlee is 6 months old, and in the short time I've been a Mom, I have learned quite a bit.
One thing I've learned is that the flowers I've been giving my own Mom for 25 years are not what she really wants.
What she really wants is to know that she is loved, and that I appreciate everything she has ever done — and continues to do for me.
I took all the classes I could to prepare for Motherhood, but nothing could prepare me for the reality . In the past six months, I've:
- been thrown up on
- been peed on
- gone days without a shower
- slept no more than 5 hours a night
(Although I'm not sure I'd really call it "sleeping." What I do is lay in bed with my eyes closed, listening to my daughter breathe and waiting to hear her move so I can go pick her up.)
I've prepared bottles at 1:00am. I have to eat my own meals like I'm in an eating contest. My boss thinks the baby ate my brain, because I had to be re-trained on everything when I came back from maternity leave. I spend my days tired and cranky, with a constant "to-do" list in my head. I spend the paycheck on formula, diapers and wipes. And new clothes for Marlee every 8 weeks.
If it sounds like I'm complaining, I'm not. My daughter is the best thing that ever happened to me. Every day is a new experience. I don't mind that my brain and my body will never be the same — she is worth it, and I love every second of being her Mom.
So I have a new-found wisdom on this Mother's Day. Apart from flowers or jewelry, or however you honor your Mother, try this year to tell your Mom how much you appreciate her. How much you appreciate all the sacrifices she made for you. Try to tell her how you appreciate that she has loved you so unconditionally for your whole life.
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