Six years later...

I am the mother of a six year old! It is hard to believe that. My oldest child changed my life. It has never been the same. What an amazing journey it has been. Not only going from being a wife, but then blossoming into a mother of a daughter. I remember holding her when she was a newborn and just sobbing because I loved her so much. At that very moment I knew what it was like for my parents to hold me and to love me. Whenever a mother would tell me about the bond that she had with her child, I didn't understand... until that moment. Alyssa has grown up right before my eyes. She is amazingly beautiful (I often wonder how that happened! LOL) and so intellegent (she gets that from her dad!). I realize that becoming a mother made me grow up in so many ways. I was 24 when I had her, but even though I was in my adult years... I had no idea what it was like to have someone totaly dependent on me. What you feel for your spouse is intense, but what you feel for your child is so deep, so raw that you would do ANYTHING to protect them from harm. To be there to dry her tears when she falls and scrapes her knee, to hold her while reading her a book (and while she reads a book to me!) and to just be there for her no matter what.

Not only was Saturday her 6th birthday, but Sunday was Mothers Day and I got to reflect on how much my life has changed in 6 very short years. I love her as well as my two other children. I am truely, truely blessed.

Off to bed now!

Sanya