Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Reagan is 4
Four years ago we were blessed with a gift, after over years of heartbreak and loss. We closed on the house December 10th, I went in for a c-section 4 days later. I was terrified since I simply spit out all my others. I had seen the operation on TV but I had no idea the tables were so narrow, when I lost my balance I accidentally grabbed the anesthesiologist in the family jewels, oops. It seemed the doctor went in my up to her elbow getting him out and and later poured in a pitcher of fluid, it was a magic trick, sawing the lady in half. I spent four days in the hospital catching up on how to care for an infant, my baby at home was 9. We moved in just days before Christmas and everything was magical, I got exactly what I wanted, an angel. Four years later Reagan, yes he is named after the president, is obsessed with Frosty the Snowman, I have no idea how to pry it out of his hands January 2nd. I still wonder what I did that God would bless me with a sweet spirit like Reagan. I realize we are a walking punchline, "Our kids are 3 to 23" is what I would say, I have to deal with adult children making big life choices, teens and a tot going through a hitting phase. I know why God invented menopause, it should be called meno-stop (having kids).
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That was good! I often think about what you went through when I see Ray or hear him as a background effect to our phone conversation. He may look like his older brothers but he is definitely his own person with an imagination that is unusual in this day and age of technology (esp. in your house).
You are blessed to have him and very much deserving. Not many mothers give so much of themselves for their children the way you do. They may not show it but they all appreciate it.(at their different phases--23, 21, 15, 13, & 4 OH MY!!) They will appreciate it more when they become parents and you get to sit back and gently nudge them down the right path of parenthood... gently nudge, YEAH RIGHT :)
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