Mommy Love

I was leaning out the window saying a second good bye to my daughter as she was waiting for the school bus this morning.

I love her so much it brought tears to my eyes. Her 10th birthday is coming up next week (she was born on her grampa`s birthday) I marvel at how big she is getting, how mature, it is her first year waiting for the bus alone.

It brings me back to the time when I first realized I was pregnant, I knew almost right away. But it wasn`t news I was really looking for and I went through a lot of angst during my pregnancy. It sounds horrid just typing it (mommy guilt is a whole other topic!), but I marvel at it now, because after she was born I thanked God for her more times than I could ever count - it was because of her that I was able to experience a home birth, truly one of the best and most beautiful days of my life - and for so much more.

And it makes me realize one more time, that there is nothing on earth like Mommy Love.