I celebrated my first Mother’s Day yesterday with Harrison and Dustin. Dustin got up with Harrison and let me sleep in, and both boys came to wake me up to open my presents before getting ready for church. Yesterday was a day that I had been longing to celebrate for myself since 2015.
Yesterday was also a day of lots of emotions coexisting within me. I was thrilled to finally be able to celebrate Mother’s Day because being a mother to Harrison is really just a dream. He’s an amazing baby and I am so enamored with him. But it wasn’t without the selfless gift of another woman that made my day of celebration possible. While I celebrated, she may have been experiencing sadness.
My heart goes out to the women who long to be mothers who had a difficult time yesterday going to church or scrolling through social media. I’ve been there and I know how sad a day like yesterday can be. If that’s you, please email me because I would love to pray for you and encourage you. I also recommend the book Longing for Motherhood. It helped me tremendously processing my emotions.
Now that I’m on the other side, I understand why we struggled with infertility because the Lord had us waiting on Harrison–who is the perfect addition to our family 🙂
He’s always looking at a ceiling fan.
Real life: I wanted pictures, but Harrison was hungry. So we fed him first and the pictures followed haha!
