Van Morrison's 'Crazy Love' was playing in my head at 2 am as I decorated for Zach's one year party. Only, as the hours passed my rewritten mommy version took over as I saw my little guys face in my head as I hung paper decorations with teddy bears all around and thought of my old aching feet and suddenly painful knee telling me to go to bed. Mommylove is one of the greatest and most amazing love feelings I have ever known. With the exception of grief, the power of this motherly love is one of the strongest and fiercely amazing experiences that has ever flowed through me.
Friends cheer me on in my love of parties. I smile because 'party' is such a common word and experience; but for me it is the vehicle of shouting, rejoicing and inviting everyone to know I believe in miracles and that life is so much more precious and fragile than we acknowledge as we fumble through daily routines and dirty diapers and potty training.
I invite my family, my friennds, all the children, my Zach especially today to see the light of God's love through me and in the outrageous ideas I come up with to celebrate that God thought it was a great idea to create that awesome person and I get to be his mom.
Party on!
I think the last paragraph (not the party on one) is my favorite :) Your kids are blessed to have such wonderful parents!
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