What a winter! What a spring! I have had very little time
to blog or update pictures of our life on the go-go. I don’t think I can
apologize for it, though, because I have been spending as much time with Margo
as possible. Working full-time, along with being a mom full-time, is tough
business. I have been humbled by the lessons I am learning constantly.
Mother’s Day is around the corner and I am certainly seeing
my mother in a different light. Being a mother to 1 is tough, but she was a
mother to 4 (under the age of 5). I am seeing scripture in a new way. I am
seeing what Christ did on the cross in a new way. I am seeing my marriage in a
new way. I see the students I work with daily in a new way. Being a mother is
selfless. It is definitely one of the most selfless things I have done. It
takes a lot to raise a child, to spend all of your spare time teaching and
loving a child, and to working through your tired, achy days to give them the
love they deserve, not the love that’s left over. I look up to every person who
is a mother. I understand how challenging it is. I respect mothers who are
single, mothers who also work full-time, mothers who raise their children
full-time, mothers of multiples, mothers who have family far away, and mothers
who have husbands in school. I have a new respect for teachers who spend their
days loving babies and children that are not their own. My list could go on and
on… my whole perspective on life and Mother’s Day is different.
I also have a joy that I never had before and that I never
knew existed until I became a mother. It’s so great to see this sweet child of
God growing and learning. I tear up every time I think of the gift that she is
to us. One day she will do amazing things for the kingdom of God and it excites
me that we get to support her in that!
Margo is doing really well. She loves school. She loves
rolling over. On Easter Sunday she found her voice and she loves to sing and
talk to her animals. She is enamored by Olivia and everything Olivia does. She
loves her daddy so, so much. She loves her taggies and teethy toys. She loves bathtime
and looking at herself in the mirror. She loves looking at pictures in books
and being outside. And she still has beautiful blue eyes. We love being her
parents. We look forward to watching her grow; although, yesterday Jeremy made
her promise that she would never have a boyfriend. She’s the sweetest and we
are blessed by her! And for those wondering, we are definitely not ready for
number 2. J
