Pure Emotions! Can't put pure JOY---that would be, well a lie! Can't put pure SADNESS--that would be a lie too!! Just pure EMOTIONS this fantastic Mother's Day weekend!
I had just an absolute wonderful weekend with my sweet family! I wish I could've also spent it with my mother, but distance can sometimes through a knuckle ball into the perfect world!
The weekend started with a date night (with Aaron in tow) at the Melting Pot on Friday night. We left Melting Pot and went to a friends house until late. It was nice to have adult conversation and catch up with friends!
Saturday afternoon we headed to the beach for a fun afternoon. We ran into another good set of friends and got to spend time with them and their fabulous kiddos. Saturday night Shane made a wonderful dinner for me and we spent so much time talking about the past 4 months of craziness.
Sunday I got to sleep in!! It was wonderful, then we went to see baby Nathan (Shane's sisters baby!) get dedicated at his moms church. We went to lunch with the rest of his family and then came home for long naps. Our crew slept until after 5pm. When we got up we headed to the beach for a walk and some ice cream, two of my favorite things.....with three of my favorite people. The weekend was fantastic and I couldn't ask for anything more from my special people!
The whole weekend I had this underlying sadness going on though. I couldn't figure it out at first and then.....it snapped. Mother's Day Weekend! While I am so happy to have Aaron in our lives I still morn for his biological family. The pain that they must feel and what his mother must feel. I kept finding myself hugging him extra hard this weekend and saying an extra little prayer of thankfulness. I'm so thankful she made the hardest decision she ever had to make to enable him to be with our family today. The little guy's a miracle and continues to make great strides! He has a fierce temper, a smile that'll knock your socks off and loves attention from anyone that he can flash his perfect smile to!
So on this Mother's Day weekend----I'm happy, sad and just flat out grateful that we have our family together!
sounds like a great Mother's Day! i know i will feel the same way for Jai's birth family...
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