Forgot to post this poem yesterday...Udate on my day too.
** You may have read this before...I think I have, but it hits me right in the heart every time. Enjoy...
Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.
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I had a pretty bad day yesterday actually, nothing to do with Mother's day...so I am celebrating today. Dh made me breakfast and got me some of my favorite muffins today. And told me to go to the plant nursery and pick out a hanging basket for our light pole. So that is nice. We are pretty low key on gifts.
I went to that family party yesterday only to find out that my Uncle Bill(74) had a heart attack and was in the ambulance on the way to a major Hospital. Then when my nieces son Tyler(19) showed up he told us that just a few hours earlier my his good friend and housemate in college got in a car accident and broke his neck, he was on a flight to another big hospital.
Needless to say the fun family outing was rather sad.
Today I don't know how either my Unlcle or the teenager
is doing...waiting to hear.
Oh and Orion got sick from the picnic or something. On the way home he threw up so much I may throw out a perfectly good carseat. I already cleaned it at a car wash, and took the cover off and washed it, but the straps aren't coming clean...not sure what to do. It was only $50, but to me that is a lot...oh well.
Today Orion has a fever, but no more vomiting. We are all resting.
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