After a nice Mother's Day, it occurred to me that yesterday our family celebrated with many different levels of motherhood. One mother celebrated her first Mother's Day. It was my mom's forty-seventh. I celebrated my tenth mother's day. My oldest sister, Melanie, celebrated her twenty-third.
Janet's children were not able to celebrate since she is no longer with us. It would have been Janet's twenty-third Mother's Day. I know it hurt them for her to be missing. It hurts all of us. It didn't hit me how hard it was on them until I was opening my presents and saw their faces. You could tell they were thinking about not being able to give their mom anything.
It was a nice Mother's day; and even with the sadness in the air, our family enjoyed the day.
Lexie is really growing. I will try to post pictures soon for you.
About Me
- Michelle
- TN, United States
- In February 2005, I was diagnosed with three chronic illnesses. The first illness, scleritis, is an auto-immune disease which causes thinning of the white layer of my left eye. Fibromyalgia, my second diagnosis, is an increasingly recognized chronic pain illness which is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal aches, pain and stiffness, soft tissue tenderness, general fatigue and sleep disturbances. Last but NOT least migraine headaches. Then, in 2007 I learned I had Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune disease of the thyroid.
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