Happy Mother’s Day — to me!

Last year at this time, my heart was not into Mother’s Day.  Hannah had just been diagnosed a few months earlier, and we were still coming to terms with it.  We were living month-to-month, not even knowing if she would make it to her first birthday.   I just did not feel the joy of Mother’s Day last year.

Today was different.  Hannah is more stable than she was last year.  I feel more confident that we can start planning her second birthday party than I ever was planning her first.  We have a better grip of her medical issues and her developmental delays.  We may not like them all, but it is better to know the facts than wonder and not know.

I got up at 8:00 am today.  Abigail and Ethan came into my room (Daddy was already downstairs with an awake Hannah since 5:30 am) and brought me their school-made presents and cards.  I loved it because they were so proud of them.  Daddy brought Hannah up, and all five of us just spent time on the bed laughing, wrestling, and just being silly — being happy!   I loved it.

We were going to head out to the Lake today, but the weather decided that this was not a good plan.  But it does not bother me.  I have my family with me — my three kids and my hubby.    Kids aren’t fighting today (at least not yet), so that is a huge bonus!   But my three kids are all doing relatively well, and I love them.  They love me.

THIS is what Mother’s Day is supposed to feel like!  Just love 🙂