Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day and I am feeling very blessed. I had a nice conversation with my Grandma this morning and she shared her secret to walking with grace - Philippians 4. This is a really good chapter - here are a few of my favorite verses:

• "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." - verses 6-7
• "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." - verse 13 - this was an old favorite from my running days, but takes on much more significance now

For Mother's Day, the kids have given me hand-painted flowerpots, flowers, pictures, a bead necklace, and lots of hugs. Together with David, they created a canvas with all three of their handprints and footprints on it - very sweet. Julie "helped" Taylor make a very cute footprint picture with the caption "Thank you for helping me grow into the perfect me." I thought this was so perfect - Taylor will be the perfect Taylor.

I am so thankful for my kids, my mom and grandma's, and David's mom and grandma's. We are so, so blessed and David and I really feel surrounded by love.

Yesterday we were both feeling a little blue. I went for my first run since our half-marathon last week-end (amazing how sore we both were). I was very anxious to run since typically it is therapeutic for me, but found this time it gave me too much time to think. David's family came over for dinner and the business of preparing dinner and love we felt helped lift us out of our funk.

David and I had a nice chat late last night and agreed that we're doing the best we can. As parents, you often wonder/fear how you will handle it if anything happens to your kids - as we've learned, you just handle it. There is no choice - you put one foot in front of the other, love your kids, and do whatever you can for them. So basic, but so true. Of course, we wouldn't have chosen this road for Taylor, but we're going to embrace it with her and fight for every milestone. When you ask us how Taylor is doing, we will typically tell you that she is fine. Because, no matter what, she is more than fine - she is wonderfully precious.

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms.....