Mother’s Day X 20
May 13, 2008

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This photo of my girls was taken in 1992.

This past Sunday, Mother’s Day, I celebrated my 20th anniversary of motherhood. It began about this time of year in 1988 — my first pregnancy. While lying on the couch one afternoon, I felt a strange fluttering in my abdomen, which I immediately recognized as life.

Some highlights of my 20 years as a mom:

  • My husband talked to my stomach throughout both pregnancies. My girls knew his voice and quieted to it at birth.
  • Nursing.
  • The first smile, solid food, step, word, hug, kiss, I love you. The first day of school, first day of middle school, first day of high school, first love, first kiss, first heartbreak.
  • The sex talk.
  • Many, many meals together around our kitchen table.
  • Being excited for her as she prepares for college while my heart breaks at the thought of her leaving my home.
  • My youngest daughter wraps her foot around mine when we snuggle, and says, yeah girl, when I call her. She knows that she can invite her friends over first and ask later.
  • My oldest daughter takes my hand during church, looks into my eyes, pulls me close to her and smiles. She sends me text messages and tells me she can’t wait to come home from college and hang out with me.

I miss the tiny shoes, huge hair bows, sticky hands, dirty faces and the innocence, but I love the conversations, lunches, shopping, text messages and the time when a daughter becomes a friend.

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