...today is Mother's Day...

Today, Sunday May 9th, 2010 is Mother's Day. A day when mommies everywhere are sleeping in, opening cards, getting flowers and with a lot of luck a much needed massage :)

Today mothers everywhere are being celebrated. New mothers and Old mothers are all being thanked today for their willingness to dedicate their lives to help another grow...to become better.

Today I decided to post another "why I like this" photo (or rather a few) because to me it defines what motherhood is all about. Because my boys are still very young I only have that perspective...but I think all stages of motherhood can easy relate :)

I love this photo! I downloaded it off my memory card and instantly fell in love with it. The mother is pregnant and on the belly carrying her third little girl sits her second. For those that have never experienced pregnancy with a second child let me tell you that carrying a little one around on a baby belly is not the most comfortable thing in the world to do. But of course, we are mothers...and we do it (most of the time) without question! (Hence a day celebrating us). But, this is not what I love about this photo. What I love about this photo is that it portrays the sweetness that life can give us with our young children. Even those that are not mothers I am sure can relate. Holding a toddler, a little life with a little (or sometimes big) personality, can touch your heart. Their warm hands and ticklish toes...their gestures and their gaze. I could hold my babies like this for hours as I watch them watch the world unfold.

I love this photo because it reminds me of all that...and it reminds me that so quickly this tiny little person will change...will grow. From the time they grow in your belly to the time they are too old to be carried on your belly is a flash in time. The thought has me desperately clinging to these memories...and becoming a better mother because I want to live, as fully as I can, IN those memories. To catch every detail. (And...If you were smart you hired a fabulous photographer to capture sweet moments for you to treasure forever!) So when the memories no longer happen because your children are in a different phase of life, you have some photos that will allow your mind to day dream of the sweet moments that made up your younger motherhood.



This photo I love for many of the same reason's...but I like that you can see their interaction...mommy helping little one to understand the world, see it and love it.



This last photo really captured my heart. I opened it on my computer and I could feel the hands of my own little kids grabbing my arm to feel safe. Oh how I already miss them in my arms, watching the world from my hip. In these memories I was able to share everything with them. Watch what they watched...show them what I saw and watched their faces light up with amazement.



To all the mothers out there...or rather to all those women out there who nurture, help, sing to, comfort, carry and love little kids, I want to wish you a Happy Mother's Day :)