What Makes a Mother?

Dear friends of ours lost their baby this week at 11 weeks. They and their little angel have been in all our thoughts and prayers since we heard the sad news. It feels hard to know what to say sometimes because I don't know how hard it would be to accept words of comfort coming from someone who has been blessed with two healthy boys. We hope the universe brings them their baby soon because they have so much love to share. I found this poem which sums up what makes a mother no matter how short the time you have with your angel. It makes me cry EVERY time I read it but I hope it brings comfort to those who have experienced such a loss.


What Makes A Mother?

I thought of you and closed my eyes
And prayed to God today,
I asked, "What makes a Mother?"
And I know I heard him say:
A Mother has a baby,
This we know is true
But, God, can you be a mother
When your baby's not with you?

Yes, you can, he replied
With confidence in his voice,
I give many women babies,
When they leave it is not their choice.
Some I send for a lifetime,
And others for the day,
And some I send to feel your womb,
But there's no need to stay.

I just don't understand this God,
I want my baby here.

He took a breath,
and cleared his throat,
And then I saw a tear.
I wish I could show you,
What your child is doing Here...

If you could see your child smile
With other children and say,
"We go to earth to learn our lessons
of love and life and fear,
but My mommy loved me so much
I got to come straight here!"
I feel so lucky to have a Mom who had so much love for me,
I learned my lessons very quickly,
My Mommy set me free.
I miss my Mommy oh so much
But I visit her each day.
When she goes to sleep,
On her pillow is where I lay.
I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek,
And whisper in her ear,
"Mommy, Please don't be sad today,
I'm your baby and I am here"

So you see my dear sweet one,
Your children are okay.
Your babies are here in My home,
And this is where they'll stay.
They'll wait for you with Me,
Until your lessons there are through,
And on the day that you come home,
they'll be at the gates waiting for you

So now you see
What makes a Mother,
It's the feeling in your heart,
It's the love you had so much of
Right from the very start.

Author Unknown

Had to share this one.....

From about 2 months ago. Makes me smile every time I watch it.

Playing some B-Ball

I signed Lachie up for a kid's basketball clinic since he was finally old enough for that kind of thing and he has been very physical as a child right from the start plus he enjoys the skills of basketball (must be genetic). I secretly hope he pursues something like basketball or soccer when he gets older because I don't know how I would handle the possibility of the rough nature of football, sure I'd deal with it but I just don't want to think about it. He is currently 3 weeks in (there are 6 weeks in total) and so far so good. He could already throw, catch and shoot goals as well as dribble, but he has really improved his dribbling skills, even to the stage where sometimes he will just look ahead rather than at his hands. Lachie loves that he gets his own basketball which he has his name on and Patrick loves the ball too as he tries to throw it to us (that was Little Nana's doing).





Excuse the camera work - Patrick was pulling on the camera strap at the time.