In the past, Mother's Day was filled with so much heartache. I yearned to have the thing that everyone else was celebrating and I cried because of the pain.
This year on Mother's Day, I woke up to my husband saying "Tell Mommy, Happy Mother's Day!"
I still have a little bit of tightness in my chest... I am a mother because of someone else's brave, yet difficult decision. I am also still a stepmom, which brings it's own challenges. To love a child and have them call someone else mom is pretty tough too.
But in the end - I was shown a lot of love on Mother's Day. I received two new coffee cups - one for cold drinks and one for hot. Apparently T and Brandon had an "argument" over which one to get (apparently Brandon says I am one hot mama so I needed the hot mug, but T said that I'm the coolest mom around, so i needed the cold cup). In the end - I got both :-) I also got a super loving card from Brandon and TWO cards from T.
We went to the zoo and even R, now the middle child, came with us. He actually CHOSE to spend the day with us and it made me super happy. It was T's first time to the zoo and the first time Brandon and I have gone there together. We looked at lots of animals and got some ice cream. It was an added plus that I got in free, since it was Mother's Day and this year I could actually say "yep, I'm a mom".
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| Mommy and T |
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| R (not so little anymore), T, and Mommy checking out the animals |
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| Daddy and T |
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| He loved the big aquariums! |
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| T seems to be saying "um... mom, you're weird" |
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| This... I love. Thank you R for capturing it! |
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| I get to be this little boys Mommy! It's the best thing! |
I even received my first ever daycare Mother's Day gift from Tristan. These little items are so special!
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