Hey all...

[Tami C]

Gentle :hug: to everyone. Mother's Day is bittersweet when some of your babies are only here in spirit. :( I think other than their birthdays and Angel Days, Mother's Day is the hardest day for me, thinking about my sweet angels. When people ask "How many kids do you have?" and I say how many, but in my heart I am thinking there should be 3 more. I thank God every day for the children He gave me to raise, but I still miss the ones He called home.

[CodeNameMom]

Isn't that so true! When people comment about our family size or the fact that we have the "perfect" family having one of each gender, but I can't help but hear myself scream inside "I have 7 kids!" *sigh*

This Mother's day was feeling like a good one compared to others I have had, and then I found out today that my cousin m/c today and it brings back high emotions. I just don't feel as happy now. I know it isn't me but I know the pain she feels. It was her first m/c after 2 blissfully happy pgs. And to make it worse for her she had carried to the end of the 1st tri. with a surprise pg so she was probably just starting to accept that they were going to have 3 kids and BAM! she finds out the baby stopped growing at 7wks and she is no longer pg. :weepy: I wish I didn't live 10hrs away. I find myself trying to figure out what would be best, a card? a care package? a letter about my story that she doesn't know all about? How best can I support this poor woman whom I barely know. She is actually the wife of my cousin who I only have seen a handful of times but my family is closenit and I feel like I should do SOMETHING. I know how hard it is going to be when Nov. comes and her arms are lacking a newborn. *sniff*

Sorry I sorta took over the thread.

[Patti]

:hug: Happy mother's day everyone!

[kianurse]

Wow Tami and Amanda I was thinking that as well about family size. Amanda i am sorry about your cousin. I hope she gets all the support she needs to move forward. Happy mother's day everyone. :hug:

[Cocomuffin]

happy mother's day everyone! :hug:

[Lisa_K]

Jumping in late with a :hug: for everyone.

We talked about Ryan on Mother's Day, what he'd be like, what we thought he'd be up to, who he'd look like, etc. It was really nice he wasn't forgotten.