Happy Mother's Day!

I love Mother's Day! It's a time for me to slow down and really think about the fact that I have three little miracles in my life. This thought gets lost in translation on many days. I also love the fact that I had one of my children on Mother's Day five years ago....she was three weeks early and I've always considered her birth as a gift.

I will always remember this Mother's day in great detail and maybe not for the most uplifting reasons but none the less it's part of being a parent.

The bottom line is that John spent six hours in the emergency room with Kate (three years old)who had been hit in the head with a wooden block (at close range!) by our active, sweet, fearless Lauren who turned five that day.

I was so upset on many different levels...Kate for being hurt....Lauren for what she initially did and then.....feeling so remorseful/the realization that she had done something very bad ...Riley for being a witness to this and was very freaked out by the blood. On a selfish note though I was also upset that Lauren acted out this way towards her sibling (am I not doing a good job raising my child???) but also this was Mother's day and it just felt like a slap in the face against everything I am trying to do and teach on a daily basis.

Kate is fine. She had a special glue applied to her wound to bind it back together. Once it dissolves we need to apply vitamin e and sunblock to the area to avoid discoloration and/or a scar. 1x day for the next year. I'll just add that to my daily routine.....aghhhhhhhhhhh!