This Sunday will be my first Mother’s Day with J! Last year
we were nearing the end of our second IVF cycle. We were waiting to take a
blood test to determine if that cycle was a success (it was!) I was hoping that
whilst I may not have a child in my arms, that in 2014, I would be holding the
life growing inside me (I will be!) Of course I celebrated last year with my
furry first born. Dogs are our children too!
Mother’s Day is such a hard day for many. The women who long
for a child of their own and the ones who are undergoing expensive and
emotionally and physically draining procedures to have a child. The women who
are hoping to adopt and waiting for someone to choose them to place their child
with. The women who have carried their babies for only a short time but never
got to hold them in their arms. The women who have held their babies/children
in their arms and yet have had them taken from this world much too soon. I know
women that fit in to every one of these categories, and they are all the
strongest women I know. And they are already Mothers! I can’t wait for this day to hold more positive
connotations for them and for them to be able to celebrate with a child in
their arms.
Just because you cannot physically
see a child, does not mean someone is not a Mother. They may be a Mother many
times over. And just because they may be celebrating with the children you can
see, does not mean they are not also feeling the loss of a child you can’t. This
Mother’s Day, I ask you to please think of these women!
This Mother’s Day, I will celebrate the fact that I am a
Mother to my almost 4 month old son, just as I celebrate every day. I will not
take for granted that this year I have a child to hold on this day. I love being a Mum so much! There are no words to describe the joy I feel. I can’t
wait to spend the day with my little family. I feel like the luckiest girl in
the world!!!
I leave you with this beautiful video I found on Youtube... Celebrate ALL the Mothers out there this Mother's Day!
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