Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother’s Day

Last weekend was Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to everyone out there, we all came from someone and somewhere. The gift of life is a precious and extraordinary miracle. I was looking at my “Mom’s One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book” and here are a few of the thoughts that I recorded in 2012 when my daughter was born.

“I have never made anything so exceptional. I fell in love with you the minute that I heard you cry.”

“You are a miraculous example of God’s wonderful presence in the world.”

“I think you are the prettiest baby that I have ever seen, up to this point. (Might have other kids don’t want to jinx things.)”

I am always surprised as she grows and changes; of course that is silly babies change. Babies grow up, that is what they are made to do but as I looked at my daughter having a real tantrum the other day I was shocked that she looked like a toddler. There she was flopping on the ground, screaming in a high pitched keen and making her spine into a ridged arch at someone else’s house! All I could think about was how old she looked; I called my friend over and made her check out my wailing toddler. Allie will be 16 months on Thursday. I tell everyone in a dazed tone, “Look at her face! She looks like a kid not a baby.” I am trying to savor every moment, milestone and breathy little kiss: I don’t want to forget anything and I want to appreciate everything. So as my second Mother’s Day passed I savored an entire day to do nothing but enjoy my family and sit on the couch watching a Star Trek marathon, Star Trek (2009), Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock. Earlier in the day we went to Knott’s Berry Farm for Mother’s Day Brunch it is a sometimes family tradition, I remember going when my Aunt had just become a new Mother and it was fun reliving the experience as a Mother myself. As long as I can connect past memories and new experiences I think I will remember the good parts of life and the good times with my daughter. Maybe all of the tiny little kisses won’t stay with my memory but I will have one good memory of loving this time when my daughter was little.



She squealed and waived when Snoopy was across the room and when he finally came over she just kept drinking that bottle. Goofy girl.



In the spirit of savoring memories, my baby got her first “boo boo” and I just had to document it. She wore a skirt to daycare on Friday, she played with gusto and scraped her knee. It has been opening up and bleeding a little bit over the course of the weekend but it doesn’t seem to bother her. She has not cried or scratched it and I am very proud that she handled it so very well.

I also have a funny Mother’s Day story that ended in a cute pair of new shoes. It’s always good when new shoes are involved. While I was walking to get brunch my Sandal broke as I was walking in it. One minute I was blissfully sauntering across the street and the next minute I was hobbling along trying not to step in something funky. I called out to Terry and stood there with a blank look on my face, “I broke my shoe.” I frantically searched through the virtual car in my head and came to the conclusion that I had brought all of the shoes, which had been bouncing around the back seat, up to the house just the day before!  I let out a pathetic sigh and then my brain really started working, I am at an amusement park they must sell cheap zoris (flip flops). I limped into the first store I saw and asked the sales clerk if they sold shoes … AND THEY DID!! Lovely, beautiful, comfortable and REALLY expensive Minnetonka Moccasins and Sandals, so I looked pitifully at Terry and said, “They are all expensive.” He just sighed and said, “Happy Mother’s Day.” So that is how I ended up with a lovely new pair of grey zoris with the softest soles I think I have ever had in a pair of shoes.

I hope you all had as much fun as I did on Mother’s Day. Have a fun filled week as well.



Sleepy Allie taking up the whole bed, I just love her little stomach sticking out.