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<< MINE >> Dear Poochie, You are now officially MOMMA'S BOY! For the first year of your life you were TOTALLY a DADDY'S BOY. About halfway into your second year you were half and half. Now you're all MINE!!!!! Do you know how much I love the relationship we have? You give me purpose and make me care more about the world and the kind of legacy I'll leave when I'm gone. I'm so grateful I am able to continue to be a stay-at-home mom. I wouldn't miss these first few years of your life for the world. I want you to know that I am someone that cares A LOT about the environment and who wishes she could make more than just a little difference. You will be faced with so many things as you grow up. I know that already and there isn't a day that goes by that I do not worry about it and you, and all the other children who will one day be adults in a world that is more concerned with spending than it is in feeding the hungry. I give thanks every day that you do not go hungry. That we have clean water. That we all have our health. I never take these things for granted. I often think about the children whose parents cannot provide them with these things, and how painful it must be for them. I don't want you to grow up to be spoiled, or take things for granted. Water may very well one day be a luxury. I pray it will be one you can afford. Food is fast on its way to becoming unsafe and unsanitary in its overproduction at the cost of the environment and the people. (Children are dying every day from food borne illnesses as a result of that overproduction.) With all the damage we have done to the ozone layer, I fear there will come a day that you will not be able to walk outside without an umbrella over your head and layers of sunscreen on your body. Species of animals are already going extinct, and lakes, rivers and oceans are decaying, erroding and drying up. I just want you to know that your mother cares and I'm doing everything I can in my own power; supporting local farmers, buying organic, recycling, eating only a vegetarian diet, and trying to conserve as much as possible. Your father and I have discussed the possibility of trying again to have another child over the last year, but quite honestly part of what makes me so hesitant, aside from my age is thinking about an uncertain future. We will have all we can do to protect you from a less than perfect world, let alone another child. I hope that you will understand and not feel slighted that you did not have a sibling. I had a brother growing up and he hated my guts, so I know firsthand that having another child just so that they will have each other can backfire and isn't enough of a reason to do it. I'll end here because it's almost eleven o'clock, and you and your father are asleep in the bed waiting for me to join you...and I'm tired. We went to the park today and chased squirrels up trees, and kicked your favorite ball around for a while. Wore us both out. We should sleep well tonight. Love you forever, Ma Ma
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I am a 40 year old, stay at home mother of a beautiful little boy. I got married late in life when I was 35, and had my son at 38. Although I never planned on marriage or children, my husband and son are the best thing that could have happened to me. My passion is reading and cooking. I also love to write and have been blogging on d-land since 2003. subscribe
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