Nine Months

It is funny what can happen in nine months. For our family the past nine months brought a vacation, watching Livy and Emsley hit yet another milestone, preparing for summer water parks and soccer camps and enrolling Livy in Pre-School. The above are only a few of the events that blessed our lives in such a short time. There are a few reasons why I look back over time. One reason is I am amazed at how quickly my children are growing up. I can still recall the day both girls were placed in my arms, and oddly, their touch against my skin, the smells that surrounded us, the emotions that filled my body at that moment..all of these are senses I still hold close to me.

I also recall the day I found out about each of them...These events are days that no mother will ever forget.

This Friday was my expected due date, for our "10"..On this day I will allow myself one last cry..I think I will do something for "me", perhaps get a facial, spend the day with Jim or my girlfriends or simply buy a nice pair of shoes!

My girlfriend sent me an email yesterday letting me know she was thinking of me..My first thought, "How did she remember"..My second thought, "what a fabulous friend"..Her email ended with "I love You" and the lyrics to the following song.

Thank you...


MY NAME
It’s cold in here, it feels like everything’s upside down.
I can feel you talking but I can barley make out the sound.
I've been kicking around these parts, feels like for over a year.
I’m gonna change this world if I ever get out of here.
She wants to dress me in pink, paint my bedroom blue...
And I just laugh to myself because only I know the truth.
This love is my only emotion,
Haven’t learned any fear or pain.
It’s kind of funny with all this commotion
I guess they’ve got me to blame
They don’t even know my name

Well I’ve never felt so ready, I think it’s almost time,
Cause that big old world is waiting, and it’s mine all mine.
Just then everything got real quiet, everything got real bright.....
And a man took my hand and said don’t worry, Mommas gonna be alright.
Then he opened a gate, & I followed him inside.
He said you can wait right here till it’s your turn again.
And his love is the one true emotion
Heaven knows no fear, no pain
I never got to set my wheels in motion
They loved me just the same
And they didn't even know my name

You loved me just the same
And you didn’t even know my name