a year ago i gave birth to two baby girls. one was 6 lbs. 4 oz. and we named her Lucy Claire. one was 4 lbs 12 oz. and we named her Catherine Bennett.
i was scared. i didn’t know how i was going to handle two babies.
i didn’t know how i was going to handle four children under five.
one year ago they wheeled me into the operating room and i didn’t know what to expect. i certainly didn’t expect to deliver two babies in three pushes! i certainly didn’t expect to not even know i was in labor (the babies were so big, i ALWAYS felt like i was having contractions!!). i certainly didn’t expect to have no pain or recovery after the delivery. i think God knew i’d need my strength,ha!
a year ago jimmy and i had a quiet thanksgiving in a hospital room as we looked at our two daughters…marveled over them…and talked in hushed tones about the future.
everything about them, EVERYTHING…has been unexpected. from the moment they told us they saw two heartbeats…everything has been a surprise.an adventure.
they have turned our worlds upside down.
they have taught us all more than we ever could have known.
and i NEVER could have anticipated how FUN this would be. watching them together is a blessing. it is so interesting, and wild, and exhausting, and funny, and scary, and did i mention exhausting?
i became a better mother this year. i became more patient, more loving, more able to just soak it all in.
they are my “gentle reminders” from God. my nudges.my reminders that i am not in charge. i am not the one that knows what is in store.
they are proof that WE CAN. every time we think we CAN’T handle something as a family, we do. they are proof that we are stronger, better than we think.
they are beautiful. they are wild. they are EVERYWHERE and into EVERYTHING. they have taught me that my love can MULTIPLY. my love has not been divided. i now love four little girls with more love than i knew i had.
they are our saving graces.
happy birthday, cate.
happy birthday, lucy.
thank you for lighting our lives and filling our hearts.
xoxo,mama