Reasons # 3,670 and 1,420... Mothers Day...

Reasons # 3,670 and 1,420... Mothers Day...

I keep being asked the same question... "Aren't you upset that you didn't get to spend a special Mothers Day with you kids?"

Backstory:  My Mother Day weekend consists of taking both the kiddos on an 1,100 mile road trip across four states so that my daughter can have, what we hope will be, a life altering surgery.  My Sunday May 13, 2012 was spent driving and driving and stopping for potty breaks and driving some more... Somewhere in Tennessee, a cashier wished me Happy Mothers Day.  Bean turned to me asked, "Is today Mothers Day?"  As we got in the car, both kiddos started laughing and yelling and sing-songing "Happy Mothers Day!!!!!"  It was a great day...

For the most part, our kids are all the same.  There are moments that make us happy beyond words.  There are moments of unmeasureable frustration.  Every moment of glee is countered by a down moment... This is who we are... We are Moms... Our children bring us gifts every day.

My childrens gifts are...

Every morning when Baby Boy awakes, he gives me this look- this wide eyed joy mixed with surprise.  He sing songs my name in the falsetto that only a three year old can get away with.  It's almost as if he has missed me- like for the few hours that he has been sleeping, I've been gone from him forever... It is so sweet and touching... That is my Mothers Day gift from Baby Boy... Every day...

With Bean, it's more subtle... She is like an Ivy, a vine... She intertwines her fingers into mine and pushes her head deep under my arm... sometimes silent and sometimes a very quiet and low pitched "Mommy"... Sometimes, she will even kind of wrap her leg around mine... It is so comforting and natural, like this the way it always should be... That is my Mothers Day gift from Bean... Every day...

Am I sad that I didn't open a pretty gift or a card on Sunday?  Am I sad that I didn't get treated to a special dinner on Sunday?  Am I sad that I didn't get to put my feet up and relax?

NO!!!

I have Mothers Day everyday, and I wouldn't change it for a thing...

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