First (official) Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2011 fell the day after my birthday.  As a birthday/mother-to-be gift, Jason took me to one of my favorite places on Earth...the ballpark!  The Yankees were in town so it was even better!! This is what I looked like then.

Mother's Day 2012 was not at the ballpark, but it was spent in another one of my favorite places...home with my little man! Funny how a year changes things...

Because Mother's Day fell the day after Hayes' christening I got to spend this Mom's day with my own mother.  Being a mom with my mom was awesome.  She has taught me so much and she inspires me everyday.  She is truly one of the most amazing women I know.  She is kind, generous, funny, witty, thoughtful, loyal, and caring.  I am so blessed to be able to call her my mother.  She told me I would never understand how much she loved me until I had children of my own.  I understand now, Mom and I love you too. 
A mother's love is definitely in a class of it's own.  I recently attended the memorial of a former student who passed away.  It was terribly terribly sad.  He was a wonderful young man who was taken far too soon.  The whole time I was there I just kept thinking, "his poor mother."  She was doing the unthinkable...outliving her baby.  I could only pray that God would hold her tight as she and the rest of his family mourned their loss.  I also prayed that I would never be in her position.  I know that was selfish, but it was and is the way I feel.  Our children are precious and I want to see them grow up and do fantastic things, and make mistakes (hopefully not too big), and live full happy lives.  I want to spend a future Mother's Day with them and their children.  For now though, I will enjoy every day I get to watch them grow and hope that one day they will understand just how much I love them.