This
is by far my favorite picture of my miracle boys. We were on our way
home from somewhere way south, and they were getting cranky and were
ready to be home. They did NOT want to go stand in a field of
sunflowers for their mother to take a picture. But they obeyed.
They even posed nicely for me. “Can we at least shade our eyes?”
Happy
Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. And to those of you
desperately wanting/trying to be mothers, I cry for you this morning.
My road to motherhood was a long and windy one with three lost
angels along the way. I didn't think I'd ever be a mom, and mother's
day was the hardest day of the year for me.
Yet
here are these beautiful gifts from God, The Transporter born almost
dead (9 pounds 10.5 ounces, I'm 5'3”) and in NICU for 5 days. Our
Youngest Teen (OYT) a preemie, but still a healthy 7 pounds 10
ounces, after a high-risk pregnancy which I spent on the couch,
verbally chasing my toddler around the house...
They
give my life purpose, and joy, yet frustration and hurt. It's the old "without the rain, we can't enjoy the sun" - an
adventure I'm blessed to be a part of.
The
best advice I ever got is, “The days will seem long, but the years are
so very short.” It got me through the bodily fluid years, and now
it makes me cry when I consider how soon my house will be empty.
Savor
the moments.
~Tina
P.S It was taken in 2006, so The Tranporter is 9 and OYT 6 1/2.
19 comments:
Just lovely, Tina.
We lost some, too, and my wife spent many months on bed rest with our daughter. Troublesome that one has always been.
Happy Mother's Day, Tina! :)
I hope you're having a wonderful day with your gorgeous boys :-)
Happy Mother's Day! You have some beautiful boys!
Happy Mothers Day Tina! :)
May 12th, 2013
Happy Mother's Day, Tina.
I have a lot I could say about this subject, but I never do it on my blog. But I know exactly what you mean.
BTW it's my daughter Elisabet's ninth birthday today, May 12th.
Blessings,
Anna
Thanks for visiting my road trip post. Yes, I'm soon on my way! And you are first commenter!
Happy Mother's Day! Hope your little miracles that you good today.
smiles....happy mothers day tina...i hope you are treated as special as you are today...kids are amazing arent they...smiles.
Happy mother's day. Glad miracles happened to you.
JO ON FOOD, MY TRAVELS AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE
great picture & lovely post :-) I am fortunate to have 2 awesome kiddos, but someone very dear to me is having a tough road trying to become a Mom
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day - Praise God for miracles.
Happy Mother's Day! Funny kids, but good boys to humor their mom like that.
Awesome photo and wow, what a journey to have your miracles. Love that quote too,so glad you posted it.
Enjoy those long days, it will feel like a blink.
Lucy from Lucy's Reality
We couldn't get pregnant for a long time, so ours was also a little miracle when he finally arrived. Life's true little joy.
Great advice about the days and years ... so true.
Happy Mother's day!
My mom has endometreoisis. She found out she was pregnant when they were doing the tests for her to go in for surgery, to be able to get pregnant. I was high risk and born a month too early, but I was healthy. I've always told her Happy Mother's Day and done whatever I could to help her celebrate, but I never realized how hard she must have taken it when she was told she would never have kids. I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Thank you and Happy Mother's Day.
Thank you for this post. It was lovely. Hope you had a lovely mother's day.
By the way, I nominated you for the Sunshine Award here.
Hi Tina,
I missed it
Here comes a bit belated wishes for the day. LOL
Cute little ones,
Love them,
May God Bless Them
Best Regards
Phil
Hi Tina - wonderful post and as you say you have your little treasures despite the previous hardships and anxious times .. lovely to read and to see the merrie monsters amongst the sunflowers.
Very heart warming .. and that quote about the days being long, but the years are so very short ... what a great thought - definitely one to remember ..
Cheers and hugs for now - Hilary
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