Throughout her children’s lives, a mother hopes…
her baby will be born healthy
the baby will go to sleep
the baby will stop crying
the fever will go down
her doctor is wrong
physical therapy will fix it
she won’t miss her child’s first steps
she can handle two kids under three
she can survive the terrible twos…twice
she can learn patience
her two children love one another
her firstborn knows he isn’t replaced
she can survive the first day of kindergarten…twice
her daughter will try new foods
her son isn’t too old for hugs in second grade
her daughter’s spirit won’t be crushed by mean girls
her kids find themselves a lot quicker and easier than she did
she can handle their disappointments
she can make the pain go away
she doesn’t try to fight their fights for them
the car pulls up in the driveway every night
she can show them how to be the bigger person
a late-night phone call has her child’s voice on the other end and not bad news
she teaches her kids to laugh at themselves
she can send them to college without bawling, even though she’s been crying about it for years
her children find their place in this world
her kids remember everything she taught them
I’m participating in Melanie Crutchfield’s Blog Relay for Hope. Mary at A Teachable Mom handed me the baton. Be sure to check them out.
I’d like to invite Five Uninterrupted Minutes, Ice Scream Mama, Cozzi’s Corner, Welcome to Grace, and Fortyteen Candles to write a post about hope. If you’re interested, just link up to me and the bloggers you plan to recruit.
Melanie Crutchfield will be holding “Closing Ceremonies” around August 10 and will gather up little bits from people who wrote about hope, so link back to her.
Mom in the Muddle 
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