Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

We had an awesome day here. Pete and I spent the day nesting and hanging out. It was rainy and peaceful and the mandatory indoors time amidst the happy chaos of spring preparations was novel and relaxing. Mom, Dad and Jonny came over for dinner. Pete prepared an amazing meal with strawberry-blueberry chicken and tupelo honey from the Savannah Crows, delicious salad, homemade bread from the farmer's market, bell peppers and hummus, and a sweet potato creation. For desert he served up shortbread with non-dairy black cherry with chocolate fleck ice cream topped with a homemade fruit sauce and the tupelo honey again. Dad brought desert too and I need to get some ice cream bars and apple pie over to their house before I eat it all! Pete and Dad hung the pot rack in our kitchen! It's AWESOME! It increases the mojo of our kitchen a lot. We had strawberry daiquiris and a fruity white wine to go with dinner. Austin made sure the floor was spic and span and gave the fam a vacuum demonstration. It was really wonderful

This year is a whole new experience in the emotion of Mother's Day. It's really quite special.

Mom sent this poem to me and I could never fathom how true it is until this year. So this is to all the moms who have been there, done that or are being there, doing that for their kids.....

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 him 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 ten minutes to
make sure all was OK
I had never know 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......