Mother's Day and Other Musings

Yesterday was my second Mother's Day.  I remember last year we had been home from the hospital for two days and reality was setting in...we had no clue what we were doing!  And to boot Tuna was going back to work the following Monday.  Yikes!  I was going to be home...alone...with the baby.  Did someone sanction that?  As far as I am concerned I probably shouldn't have been! 

I remember when people left the house that Sunday I was in a state of panic.  But when I look at Abbie today I realize the panic was really all for nothing.  She survived the first year (and so did we)!  I got to my second Mother's Day!  I win a prize, right?  I am pretty sure we bumbled our way through the first year and I cannot wait until my next Mother's Day to see what this next holds for us.

This one was somewhat somber as poor Tuna headed out today on a 4 week job in Yorktown, TX.  He was definitely not ready to leave his little girl.  When I picked up Abbie from school today the ladies in the nursery told me he was close to tears.  And this is why I love him so much...he loves his little girl so much.  

We will miss him more than words can say.  But we know it is what is best for our family.  We must sacrifice time together now to build the best future for our daughter and our family.  It is the single hardest thing we have had to do in the 20+ years we have been together.  But these are the times when you realize what you are made of.  I now get the "mother tiger" mentality.  I am the first and last line of defense for my daughter when Tuna is gone.  I know what I will and won't stand for and represent her voice when it is necessary.  This has been good for me...as I have been able to realize a new side of me.  A side that I am proud of.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there...no matter who or what calls you mommy!  Those fur babies count as far as I am concerned!