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A Mama’s Greatest Christmas gift

Tonight, as I lay my head down (and listen to Marc’s soft snore); the chicks are ALL in the NEST: Corey, Nick & Iris, Robyn & Liam… and Ken & Courtney (just 30 min away in Austin Town) will be here with the babies Christmas day.
TRULY, this is THIS mama’s MOST wished-for Christmas gift  I can’t yet sleep; I am SO HAPPY and my heart is SO FULL.
Memories flood my mind of the years and years of God’s privilege of raising such remarkable humans with my amazing partner and the best father in the world: infancy, toddlerhood, school age, the teen years, and finally, college time… We did it together – teammates always.
As they grow and soar, these moments of all-together-ness become more and more rare. There are SO many ot them: FOUR! And I was prepared for this time (but we are never, REALLY prepared)… it is my greatest wish and privilege to see them become independent and break ceilings, find partners to love and who love them… I am the proudest of mamas.
If they allow me to snap a great FAMILY PHOTO on our steps again this year, I’ll be over the moon and Christmas cards can go out!
They are HERE; they are HOME… everything else is just confetti.

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Moms of Littles

Moms of Littles, you’re so busy right now: cheer practice, birthdays, sports, school projects, kinder orientation, holidays, playdates, bus schedules, quick dinners… to say nothing of your jobs and careers outside the home.

You look at older moms with wrinkles and kids in college, and you think: ‘that is soooo far off!’ I’ll think about that another day. As I did once… a decade ago. I remember vaguely… something about older children: “bigger kids, bigger problems,” sadness about kids going off to college, and more.

But at that time, I was closer to college myself than having a college-aged child! And I was so busy! My mother tells the story over and again: “I was so busy with children that the end of the day would come and I realized I hadn’t eaten anything!” Omg, I’ve heard that tired and dumb story SO many times.🙄 Well I had lots of children myself, and somehow whether it was the leftovers off their plates or granola bars in my purse, I never forgot to eat!🙄 But maybe mommy-ing in the 1970s was different than the 2000s?

The years have flown. I have more grays in my head and annoying, determined creases all around and under my eyes. Weight seems permanently affixed to my abdomen and I’ve removed my uterus as it was falling out of my body after many pregnancies and 40+ years.

The days are long, but the years are short.

Gretchen Rubin

My babies are all adults. They barely need us. They are studying for careers or working and married, starting families of their own. I post simple Facebook posts about their comings and goings and how much it means to this old mum.

And I pray they are okay. My prayers are general: for their safety, happiness, self esteem, good life choices. That they find life connections of love and support. That they know their parents and family is always a harbor of safety in a tumultuous sea of Life. Here is safety, and unconditional Love. They do not have to be anyone but themselves in this Home.

Moms of Littles, you will find yourself in this older mom role someday… will you remember someone, somewhere mentioning what it was like. 🥰

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