great Mother's Day

What a nice Mother's Day :) First of all, is this the cutest little clay ladybug pot you have ever seen in your entire life or WHAT. My Matthew made it just for me in his art class at school, knowing how much I love ladybugs. The second I saw it, I loved it so much, I wanted to pretend he was still three years old and cradle him in my arms, and kiss his cheeks, and nibble on his neck, and tickle his belly until he laughed his little elf laugh. Oh Matthew, thank you for being so precious.

And speaking of precious things, every year the thing I usually "require" of my family for Mother's Day (I use that term loosely) is that each one of them write me a poem. There are no rules whatsoever, so it can be long, short, serious, witty... whatever. I love them ALL. I keep them in a special folder, and it goes without saying that the poems all my guys have written over the years mean the entire world to me. Here is Davy's poem this year:

If time was a stone that I cast from my hand,

And the ripples were love from the water it hit,

I'd jump in the pond and fish the stone out,

And hold to it's nurture,

In case

Of a drought.

My mother's the energy that dwells within ponds,

And had she not held me I would've drowned,

And if she'd not been so transparently clean,

My stone,

That I cast...

I wouldn't have seen.

Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Oh Davy - thank you, thank you.
Here I am looking like a yenta. I was even having a good hair day, but you can't tell. Davy hates how he's smiling... look how sweet Matthew looks. I just love my boys. We never heard from Daniel in Ethiopia and we miss him halfway around the world. But I had an awesome day and am so grateful to be a mom. I hope all of you had an amazing Mother's Day too.