Mother's Day 2015

The week leading up to Mother's Day, I was dreading it.  I thought, for sure, it would be a super emotional day for me filled with sadness, thinking about not having Jonah with me.  While I definitely missed my son, I did have an enjoyable day, and I didn't cry at all!  I knew that I needed to take care of myself in order to have a good day.  I know there were people praying for me, helping me to get through my first Mother's Day post-Jonah, and I felt it.  Those prayers gave me strength!

I started my day by walking a virtual 5K race.  (What is a virtual race, you ask?  It's a race you sign up for online, and during the designated time period, you can run or walk your race anytime, anywhere.)  Being a runner, spending time on the canal bank has always been therapeutic for me.  It's a time to be alone with my thoughts and relieve stress.  I knew that I would need time on the canal bank on Mother's Day!  While I can't run yet (I'm still healing from my c-section), I CAN walk!  And this was the first time I had walked 3.1 miles since Jonah's birth.

The best part of my day was at the end of my "race."  Adam and Alice came out to the canal to meet me at the end.  They were holding up a purple streamer as a "finish line" for me to run through.  Adam awarded me my race medal.  Alice showed up in her lobster pajamas!

Alice and Adam gave me cards and a gift.  It was so special having my favorite people cheering for me!

Later on, Adam and I went to the movies together.  I knew I needed to keep busy today to minimize crying time!  Here's a picture of our family when we picked up Alice.

I made a little Mother's Day collage of my babies.  Alice looks like me, and Jonah looks like Adam.  So thankful that these precious little ones made me a mother!