Mother Love: My Greatest Wish

by Anonymous
(Belfast)

Reader Post: What I wouldn't give to have a taste of the joys of mother love... My husband and I have been trying to have children of our own for many years, but it just hasn't come to fruition for us. We've tried just about everything medical technology has to offer - and worked through the grief of two miscarriages.

Through the years, I've supported my friends one after the other in their glorious journey to motherhood and beyond. Mother love by proxy, I guess you could call it. Of course, babysitting has its own mix of joy and sadness... I always have to hand those little bundles of sweetness back to their parents.

I'm in my forties now and have lost all hope that I would ever experience real mother love. My one regret is that we've never gone down the road of adoption - and now, because of our age and the long waiting lists, it's too late.

Please don't think I'm ungrateful - I have a wonderful, fulfilling job and a great relationship with my husband and so many loving friends and family. Yet, nobody knows how, in my darkest hours, I still yearn to know mother love.