Our Mom

This post is dedicated to Mom. Now, it may be confusing, but "Mom" is my Mama's mother. She is my grandmother and Ty and Mary's Great Grandmother. I can remember being very small and having a strong bond with Mom. As I've grown into a woman and mother our bond has only gotten stronger. We can finish each other's thoughts and we always know when something isn't right with the other one.



When I gave birth to Tyrus Mom was one of the first people at the hospital. Actually, she was there before Tyrus was. She sat in my delivery room all night while I slept and when they took me back for surgery she stayed to make sure that everything went okay. She was one of the very first people to ever see Tyrus. Tyrus and Mom have just as strong of a connection as Mom and I do. As a matter of fact, Ty's middle name, Benjamin, is after Mom's son, my uncle, that passed away when he was only 18. Ty knows that whenever he needs something he can always count on Mom. Their faces light up when they see each other.



The same goes with Mary. She was born at 8:49 in the morning and Mom was at the hospital at 9:00. The only reason she came late is because Neil and I wouldn't let her come any earlier. She was the first member of the family, besides Neil and myself, that met our little Mary. Mary is still too young, but she also knows how special Mom is and loves her very much.

When Mary was 5 weeks old and I got so sick Mom sat up at the hospital all. day. long. with me for 6 days. She said she couldn't stand to be at home while her baby was sick in the hospital. I was a little bit of a grouch to her during those days, but I think she knew it was nothing personal. It meant the world to me that she was there.

For as far back as I can remember Mom has always been there. When I married Neil she took him in and loves him now like he is one of her own. She just introduces him to people as her grandson.

I depend on Mom so much these days. With my parents being in Florida she is my family up here. I cannot count how many times I've shown up on her doorstep at 9:00 in the morning with both kids. I don't think she'd have it any other way. We went up to visit her today because I won't be able to get the kids up to see her for a couple of weeks and I mentioned that she was probably thankful for a break from them. She said, "are you kidding me? I start aching if I don't see them enough."

Mom, we don't tell you enough how much you mean to us. Neil, Tyrus, Mary, and I love you so much. We don't know what we would do without you!