Happy Mother's Day
What a day full of emotion in our household. There is absolute joy and wonderment at being the mommy of my two beautiful babies. Babies that I worried for many years I wouldn't get the chance to mother. I have no words to describe how wonderful motherhood feels and how deep my love flows for my daughter and my son. They are my entire world. There is also wistfulness as I spend the day 800 miles away from my own mother. We see each other several times a year and talk on the phone often but there is nothing like having your mom accessible in person daily. Happy Mother's Day Mom! I love you very, very, very much! We also have a weave of deep sadness in our home on this and other important holidays. My mother-in-law passed away a few weeks after Reagan was born. It was very sudden and unexpected and the unfairness of the timing cuts deep. She barely got to be MaMere (an informal French nickname for Grandma) before she was ta...