Saturday Morning

Hello Children, mom here...

This morning I am sitting here writing to you in the quiet of my home.  I was supposed to be having a meeting with a friend right about now, but, alas, she cancelled at the last minute.  So here I sit, all ready to go out, and nowhere to go....a bit frustrated, but there it is.

While frustrated (and a bit annoyed I didn't get to sleep in when I really could have!), as  I sit here in the quiet of this morning, I am also filled with gratitude.  I have so much to be grateful for!  I have you three amazing, and wonderful children in my life.  And a new son-in-law.  And a grandson that brings a surge of joy every single time I look at his tiny face. Wow. Such blessings.

And I realize, that my life is becoming 'bigger'.  Remember those years, not-so-long ago, when I never could summon the strength or courage to even go outside the house?  Well, those years seem distant, now, and I feel my life growing in strength every single day.  There are so many more people in it than there ever was before.  Good, good friends that I love and appreciate, and who love and appreciate me, too.  A job I NEVER expected to have, with responsibilities that I couldn't have imagined I would be able to handle just a few years ago.  Working with people that I love, in capacities that still amaze me.  I am not who I was, before.  And it makes me realize just how much people can change, when they are willing and have the support in which to do so.

I don't have much by the world's standards, but I have everything I need, and more.  I love my life, every single day.

And I love you all, with all my heart...

Mom