Raising 3 boys (8,5,3), I am keenly aware that I am a mom but a few moments come to mind. The last thing that I do before I go to bed is check on them and I get up in the middle of the night to make sure to check on them. I have had to manually assist a constipated child several times and was happy to do it; that day, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was a mother.