Whether through birth, adoption, fostering, or later as grandmothers, we fulfill our urge to nurture and love the next generation. I guess it is part of the survival of the species, and yet many women today are able choose not to have children at all. I salute their choice as it is the right of the individual and they are lucky that they do have a choice thanks to modern pharmacology... I also feel for all the women out there who yearn to be a mother but cannot concieve and carry a child. I hope they find one to love and care for as their own.
Today, I say a special thank you to my own lovely mother who has always been there for me, still is, and hopefully will be for years to come. It is great to be in the same country, same city and get to spend time with both my wonderful parents.... Since I am adopted, I also think of my other one, whoever she was and wherever she may be. Without them I would not exist, or be the person I am today. Through genes or upbringing I owe them both for it all.
I also get to appreciate my own children today, and will get to spend part of it with the three still here in New Zealand, at my parents' house, while thinking of James and Jess in Bangladesh... was great to skype with them this week and when I passed the computer over to my daughter, listening to their voices talking as I made dinner, it felt just like they were here in the house with us.... ( sheds wee tear lol)
In two weeks Phoebe's family leave here for their new life in Auckland so we had a family get together. We went for dinner at Willowbank - another local wildlife reserve...
and the dinner was great ....
The time will rush by so quickly and they will be gone. I imagine the next time we see them, Phoebe will be racing around the house... she is already, but only crawling and standing, not walking... and nor she should be at 7 months old!!!
She can check out the manual for dismantling the fire guard though...
To all Mums today - have a great day with all your own mothers and children..
xx
