I have a good friend, T, who moved to Florida soon after our children were born last May. Her son and E were born 5 days apart; it was so much fun to be going through pregnancy with a friend and considering we had another friend who delivered a week before E, it was three times the fun. T is still active in our Michigan mom’s group, but she has moved on and made friends in a new mom’s group in Florida. (Traitor. Hehehehe) She asked all us Michiganders for thoughts and prayers today for one of her new friends who lost her 6 month old baby boy from SIDS today.
I felt like I’d been hit in the gut and I don’t even know these people.
I was in a horrible mood earlier today. I blame it on lack of sleep and spring break. But upon reading that, and sending up a prayer for that poor family, I turned my thoughts inward.
I am SO. LUCKY. I had three pretty uneventful, relatively easy pregnancies (comparatively speaking). I have three healthy children. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and the kids. Granted, we deal with some issues with Zachary, but I wouldn’t exchange that for anything if it meant not having my sensitive, sweet, loving child. Overall, I am extremely blessed.
Even Chuck, who is the eternal pessimist said he couldn’t understand how I could be in a such a bad mood; after all, today was a momentous occasion. A first of sorts. Zachary brought me breakfast in bed for the first time. Rice Krispies with Strawberries. And it was very yummy. And yet, I don’t remember if I said “thank you” to him.
And yet, there I sat in a shitty mood, because I was being a referee today and unable to put together a string of coherent thought without being interrupted by whining or hyperactive questioning. Unable to get even 5 minutes to myself.
That family now has eternity to themselves without their little boy. Kinda changes the perspective on things a bit doesn’t it?
So, hug your child today. I know when I get home, I'll be going in and checking on each of them. Giving them a kiss on their cheek and thanking my lucky stars that I get to wake up tomorrow and referree again.
8 years ago
3 comments:
It's sad that bad things have to happen for us to realize how fortunate we are. Luckily we do recognize how fortunate we are though and learn to cherish the good and the bad because like you said, it's nicer to deal with annoying things (in your case being referee) then never having things to be annoyed with at all.
i continue to enjoy reading your blog. i figured i should step forward and comment since i always read it.
-Jamie J. (Romo's g.f.)
Thanks Jamie for reading and commenting! Yay!
It's all about changing the perspective on things. And that's something I'm going to work on doing more of.
Amen! Thanks for reminding me to be thankful today.
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