There are approximately 85 million mothers in America today and soon there will be 85 million & One. While Mother’s Day celebrations vary from family to family and the question weather or not to celebrate mothers-to-be is a matter of opinion, gestation is a lot of work and I’m always up for a celebration! While the arrival of our little blessing may still be months away I am counting today as my first Mother’s Day! It was a Sunday much like many others I drug my husband out of bed to attend church, my husband and I enjoyed brunch, and then an afternoon of relaxing and enjoying each others company (something we try to schedule in regularly while we anticipate the chaos that will accompany the arrival of our new baby). While I did not wake to handmade glittery crayon and construction paper greeting cards I did receive a gift from my child today, it was a small gift of reassurance that filled my heart with immeasurable amounts joy and excitement. Today, as I began my 19th week of pregnancy, I felt my baby move for the first time! Today I am thankful for small miracles, the blessing of motherhood and not only the anticipation of many wonderful Mother’s Days to come but for the gift of being a mother everyday.
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I love it! :) How did it feel?
ReplyDeleteIt was like a little bubble moving inside me, kind of ticklish. It happened a few times before I realized what it was. I was lying on the couch with the computer on top of me, I guess it was getting too warm under there so the baby moved! I would feel something and then I would look around to see if anyone else noticed anything, nope, just me. I sat awake in bed later last night so I could feel it again, now that I knew what I was feeling for.
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