My favorite memory from Mother's Day

My favorite memory on mother's day was not the card (though adorable) or the dinner with gMom and Grandpa (though.... interesting.... I guess I don't like German food, but the atmosphere was fun) but the feeling I got when I woke up early on the morning of Mother's Day.  I looked at KickyBaby's lovely face and felt something in my heart affirm, "you are a mom" and the warmest, tenderest feeling came over me.  I wanted to capture that feeling forever - to stay snuggled there in bed with my daughter.  Nothing that anyone did or said could match the gift of actually being a mom on that day.  (The recognition was just a perk!)  As I realize the sweetness of motherhood, I am amazed over and over again that I was someone else's baby in the way that my daughter is my baby.  So Happy Mother's Day gMom!  How sweet it is.