Rita's Mother's Day Post....

Rita -

Thanks for making me cry. Sorry I found your blog so long after the fact, but I am reading to catch up as quickly as I can. I just read your post about mother's day.

Funny how life hands us things and we just deal with them - but when we read about someone else's situation we think how extraordinary they are for what they've gone through.

Just in case it's of any consequence - after having raised my first two kids on my own following a divorce that started when my (then) youngest was 8 months old, at age 39 I found myself (still un-remarried) pregnant as well. It doesn't matter if you're 16, 29, or damn near 40 - it's a BIG DEAL. I underwent emergency surgery (c-section) the day my youngest daughter was born - and she spent 5 days in NICU due to blood ph levels out of whack. She had been deprived of oxygen when a nurse accidentally broke my bag of water before she was engaged in the birth canal -and the cord wrapped around her neck twice. I have watched her anxiously for the past 2 years - waiting for some sign of residual impairment from that injury. Thankfully, there are none so far - except that her right pupil dilates significantly more than the left (and that may just be a coincidence). I know how lucky I am. But I also know that YOU know how lucky you are. That's what's so great about being a mom. Sorry I got off on my own tangent here - I will continue to read. I hope you will visit my page sometime as well. ...osm