On Mother's Day

A long awaited for rocking chair. 

The sweetest cards ever. 

Some gorgeous pink tulips. 

And our usual Sunday afternoon bike ride/walk made for the most perfect of days. 

I am so eternally grateful to get to be the mama of these two sweet souls. It was a long road to becoming a mother and I will forever be thankful to David for always believing we'd be parents, and to our team of doctors and nurses for all they did to make this dream a reality too.

And to all those for which Mother's Day is a hard day I leave you with these poignant words:

To those who gave birth this year to their first child- we celebrate with you. 

To those who lost a child this year- we mourn with you. 

To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day and wear the badge of food stains- we appreciate you. 

To those who experienced loss through miscarriage, failed adoptions, or running away- we mourn with you. 

To those who walk the hard path of infertility, fraught with pokes, prods, tears and disappointment- we walk with you. Forgive us when we say foolish things.We don't mean to make this harder than it is. 

To those who are foster moms, mentor moms, and spiritual moms- we need you. 

To those who have warm and close relationships with your children- we celebrate you. 

To those who have disappointment, heart ache, and distance with your children- we sit with you. 

To those who lost their mothers this year- we grieve with you. 

To those who experienced abuse at the hands of your own mother- we acknowledge your experience. 

To those who lived through driving tests, medical tests, and the overall testing of motherhood- we are better for having you in our midst. 

To those who are single and long to be married and mothering your own children- we mourn that life has not turned out the way you longed for it to be. 

To those who step-parent- we walk with you on these complex paths. 

To whose who envisioned lavishing love on grandchildren- yet that dream is not to be, we grieve with you. 

To those who will have emptier nests in the upcoming year- we grieve and rejoice with you. 

To those who placed children up for adoption- we commend you for your selflessness and remember how you hold that child in your heart. 

And to those who are pregnant with new life, both expected and surprising- we anticipate with you. 

This Mother's Day we walk with you. Mothering is not for the faint of heart and we have real warriors in our midst. We remember you. 

-Amy from My Messy Middle

For all those celebrating today I hope that this was the loveliest of days and that you got to spend it with those you hold most dear. xoxoxo