what matters most

his comes courtesy of Jess from Diary of a Mom, but I thought it put into words exactly how I feel about this community of family and friends today and every day!

Happy Mother's Day to the ladies who keep me sane on this crazy journey!

(Jess's is actually an autism blog, but the sentiments are the same no matter the diagnosis or lack thereof)

http://adiaryofamom.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/to-my-mama-friends/

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To my Mama friends

How I wish

We all lived closer

Friends down the block

Who could gather in a single backyard

Put on a pot of coffee

And let the kids run free

We laugh together

We cry together

We overeat together

We wallow

We celebrate

We strengthen

We stand behind

We pull back up

We remind each other to find the humor

To see the miracles

To live in the moment

To feel the graces small and unfathomably large

We ease each others fears

And stoke each others hopes

We adore each others children

Whether we’ve ‘met them’ or not

We hold each other in prayer

And each others children in our hearts

Always

We are a sisterhood of mamas

As diverse as the spectrum is wide

We disagree

As sisters are wont to do

But we come together

Because sisters always will

We fight a system that fails our babies

Around the country

Around our towns

And in our schools

We teach each other

We learn from one another

We make each other better mothers and better people

Every day

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To my Mama friends

How I wish

We all lived closer

Friends down the block

Who could gather in a single backyard

Put on a pot of coffee

And let the kids run free

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A very Happy Mother’s Day to my Mama friends ~ without whom this journey would be .. well, I’d really rather not think about it.


WHAT I WILL REMEMBER ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY....













LOVIN' ON THE KIDS AT HOME, ..AND BASKING IN UN-RUSHED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE "AWAY" ONES....

TOPPED OFF WITH WORDS FROM TENDER HEARTS, SNUGGLES, BEAUTIFUL ROSES, AND A LITTLE 4' BY 4' STARTER GARDEN FROM THE WHOLE GANG.

I'M BLESSED!