Cancer Sucks!

Some of you know this, more don't, as i cry each time i think about it, let alone speak of it. Please read the blog - You will have to go back to much older posts to get the magnitude of what this family has been through, and the absolute strength that it takes for them to not only have to endure the pain of losing a child, but to blog about their ordeal with what started out as close friends to what has become a nation of people who just want to help.

Please keep this family in your prayers.

www.half12.blogspot.com

Happy Mother's Day to all my Mother Friends!

Here is a great poem that i get each year that i just love. I hope each of you have a wonderful Mother's day. Some like to spend it with "spa" type day, other's like to just sit around and let everyone wait them hand and foot(yeah!) I love to spend my Mother's day, relaxing with all of my kids and enjoying the little things i so much take for granted. Who cares about dishes in the sink that day? Dirty laundry? This is the day, as a mother, that i like to my children feel EXTRA special, but giving them ALL of my attention!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom...
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom.

The 1st Pig Tails

Here they are! The first pig tails!