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Submitted by Sita Tara on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 7:36am.

Card-Front

Being a wife and mother isn't easy-
There's so much to do and so little time to do it all.

Card inside

You couldn't be a more perfect partner,
And I couldn't be more grateful, more lucky,
or more in love.
Happy Mother's Day.

DH's letter inside:

Dear Zen,
When we first met, I thought you were a great Mom to (BS13 and BS 11)
and you stepped in to try to fill a void for (SD.) I was amazed at the love
and patience you showed. Now, as I watch you with our Anna, I am even more amazed as I watch the bond between the two of you grow stronger each day, as you teach her about the world. You are an amazing woman, mom and wife, and I am thrilled to be married to you.

I love you,
R

Sigh....I am pretty blessed.

Though Anna developed a cold yesterday and I had to sleep in her room last night to calm her down and help her not cough herself into getting sick. But you know? I don't mind.

Here's the poem I wrote to her this weekend:

For Anna

I gave up ever having you
Though I always felt you near
Keeping company with other souls
Til mine was ready for yours here

Your laugh lites up my day
I can sooth most any tear
Your smile is contagious
And can melt away my deepest fear

I don’t know why you chose me
Though my gratitude is clear
As precious moments turn to memories
And days fly into to years

Happy belated Mother's Day to everyone!

Sita Tara's blog

wonderful....

Submitted by Chel Bell on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 7:56am.

Your poem is beautiful! I'm so glad you had a great day.~ " I started out clean, now, I'm jaded"~ Rob Thomas, Matchbox 20

Thanks Chel

Submitted by Sita Tara on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 10:06am.

In church an older member read two poems she wrote for her mother. I felt bad that I hadn't brought this one along with another that my mom wrote about me at three years old. But then I decided I would save it for service next year.

“I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.” ~Louise Brooks

wow zen

Submitted by Stepmom_C on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 8:32am.

That's really nice. I got upset yesterday because each time I open up a card from my DH it says the same thing "thank you for all you do and we are growing closer all the time." Well, I know that's nice and all but it was me that had to help DH get rid of all exwife's stuff because she took off with very little. Needless to say I found so many cards to her from him where he poured his little heart out. I guess it upsets me that I don't get any of that - not sure why other than he got hurt so maybe he's not willing to open up as much to me. Not sure.

Anyway - that's the most romantic thing I've ever read, cherish that Smiling

SC

Submitted by Sita Tara on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 10:04am.

I know how you feel. There are a few BM cards left here, and there were some in with the pics I scanned for him and SD that BM's sister loaned me. When BM left she took ALL the pics of DH and SD. Then a few months later BM dropped all this stuff on her sister's car- in paper grocery bags, in the school parking lot where SD then attended and BM's sister then worked. TONS of photos that could have blown away in the wind or gotten rained on or stolen...rather than give them back to DH. BM asked her sister to keep them for her.

In with them were these cards, where DH was appeasing BM saying what a wonderful wife and mother she was...yada yada yada....

But I can tell the difference in the cards and words he chooses for me.

Actually, I kept one of the cards, for their last (tenth) anniversary. He was in Iraq when he sent it. As per all their other cards, the card itself is very telling, because it talks about all the trials they have survived. DH never buys me a card like that! Even though we do have trials they are all BM and SD related.

Anyway, in the 10th anniversary card he wrote,

"Ten years. WOW. And we're still here. Did you ever think we'd get this far?"

I laughed so hard. I said, "DH, you were soooooo romantic. 'Ten years. Wow.' That's hilarious!" He laughed pretty good too. We have that in common actually, that every card I gave my ex, and half the ones he gave me, started with "We've been through a lot lately....let's try to work this out...." Sad, isn't.

It's so nice to have a man to buy good cards for and who can for me in return!

“I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.” ~Louise Brooks

Thanks

Submitted by Stepmom_C on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 11:55am.

That makes me feel better. There was one old card I saw from BM to DH that said "Happy valentine's day. Sorry things are so bad right now. Love BM." So I guess that should put it into perspective Eye-wink

That is tough

Submitted by Georgie Girl on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 2:16pm.

Thankfully, I have not come across any old cards. If I did I think I would throw up. But I have plenty of pictures from the bm days. Several photo albums full and a big box as well. I made the mistake of being nosy and looking through some one day.

Never again, I learned my lesson. Not only did I find the wedding video but I also found a packet of pics with bm and ss when he was very little, maybe just a few months old. Bm was all made up and it was just her and ss in very touching mom and baby type of photos. They were very sweet and touchingly pretty. I felt violently ill. I will never poke my nose into dh's old photos / memories again. ick.

It is tough when you come across those kids of things. Just try to remember that he did not know you then and that part of his life is over for a reason.

Georgie

Thanks for that Georgie

Submitted by Stepmom_C on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:38am.

You made me feel better with your story Eye-wink

Awww! How sweet

Submitted by Georgie Girl on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 1:55pm.

Zen, how lovely. That card is a keeper. Get it out and read it when things aren't going good.

I love your poem to Anna; it is beautiful. I have a journal that I started when my daughter was born. I have written it it over the years, every year on her birthday and other times through out the year. I plan on giving it to her when she is eighteen.

Thanks for sharing your day with us. Smiling

Georgie

Thanks Georgie!

Submitted by Sita Tara on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:26pm.

I whipped it up this weekend to add, along with my mom's poem to me when I turned three, to a journal scrap book I made for a new young mom. I filled it with motherhood quotes and wrote something nice to her.

I think these are wonderful things to pass on to our children.

“I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.” ~Louise Brooks

that is so sweet from yr DH

Submitted by bellacita on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 2:39pm.

and yr poem to anna is so sweet...something she will no doubt cherish along the line. my mom wrote in my baby book as if she were writing to me and now that shes gone, its so wonderful to read it bc i feel like shes talking to me.
sound slike u had a wonderful moms day and it seems like u really deserve it, being the beautiful woman, wife and mother that u are...