“No one is ever quite ready; everyone is
always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look
at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the
balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question
of choice.”
Hi Moms, and Dads, and friends who treat those
kids as their own, and fellow ‘villagers’ who help to raise them, and dads that
are moms, and step moms, and whatever the hell you want to call yourself if you
are raising a child that came out of your body or just simply one that lives in
your heart…
If you know me (and you all know me by now) I
have a love of words…and maybe someday when I am too old or tired to do my
figure competitions I will find something to write about and finally write that
book. In the meantime I will be happy with putting my thoughts in this blog and
sharing my mind with you all. It is just as important to have a healthy mind as
it is a healthy body. This is why I saturate myself with self help books, and
sermons and inspirational quotes…. I heard a sermon the other day and I thought
I would share it with you. “You cannot BE what you do not SEE”…
Oh, but I did SEE it… I saw her at every
important event as my eyes searched the crowd for the most important people in
the room; I saw it when I stepped in the car after a long day at school and was
asked how my day was; I saw it when family vacations were meticulously planned
to maximize togetherness; I saw it when I cried, when I laughed, when I hurt,
when I was alone, when I was in a crowded room, I saw it when her face was the
first thing I saw in the morning and the last voice I heard at night. I saw it
when I needed a cheerleader or just an ear. I saw it in the way she held my
hand or brushed my hair. I saw it when disease had ravaged her body but she
still always had a smile on her face for me. I saw it when her final days were
spent here on earth and all she wanted to do was reminisce about the family she
raised. I saw it when she left….and our hearts broke.
I saw it.
“You cannot be what you do not see”… I saw
it….and I’m trying my effing hardest to BE half the Mother that she was to
me…so that my kids can SEE it and BE it to their own kids some day…. And even
after she has been gone some 20 years now I still SEE it everyday…Happy Mother’s
Day Mom.
