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My First Mother’s Day
An odd title, you may be thinking. Aren’t you in your late thirties? Well, yes. But today is my first Mother’s Day as a mother. My child may still be young enough to be aborted in Mississippi under the law under review in Dodd, but I am finally a member of the sorority stretching back to Eve.
I won’t spout any cliches about how “it’s only when you stop trying that it happens.” For the person desperate to be a parent, that offers no comfort whatsoever. I will say that when you accept that children are a gift from God that He simply doesn’t give everyone without that lack of a gift being a comment on your worthiness as a person (if the rain falls on the just and the unjust, so does the drought), that a childless life can still be one of meaning and purpose — when you can achieve that level of spiritual enlightenment and release, then the marriage bed can be freed from the sorrow, guilt, betrayal, despair, and pain that made it a mockery of its intended purpose. As much as every barren tear over the last decade scourged my heart as they carved their way into wrinkles around my eyes and bleached my brown hair silver, I can’t deny that they made me a better person, one who has a much better grasp of what is and isn’t in my control.
As I’ve mentioned before, we simply cannot choose life. We can be as open to it as possible, willing to preserve and protect it with every ounce of our strength, but in the end, we are as impotent to command it as Job, who cannot tell bridle the behemoth. Becoming the shelter for this mystery has only made me more aware of just how miraculous, how precious, how awe-inspiringly magical the creation of a new person from two cells truly is.
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Congratulations, Amy!
Congratulations and prayers for you and the little guy or girl.
Best news of the day. Congratulations!
Wow! Congratulations! My children are a blessing so your post rang true. I was 36 when I had my second one. No problems. I think creating a new life is God’s gift and an amazing experience. I’m still in awe after all these years when I look at my daughters and see a little of my husband and a little of me in both of them. Fasten your seatbelt. Your life is taking on a whole new meaning. Your post overflows with your joy.
This is the best news! I doubt it’ll be beat until you’ll be able to show us pictures of the tiny one.
Very happy for you and Chef.
Happy Mothers Day!
Amy, how wonderful! I’m so glad. Happy, happy mother’s day!
Happy Mother’s Day. I am so happy for you.
Congratulations!
@amyschley shared the news with me a few weeks ago when I spent a few hours helping her with some chores; it’s been real hard to keep the news to myself. CONGRATULATIONS to Amy and @chef – they will be wonderful parents!
Me, neither!
Kitchen remodeling. That’s what did it.
Happy Mother’s Day, Amy.
Congratulations , Amy!
I feel like a special occasion such as this deserves, nay demands, a celebratory longcat:
Yippieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Congratulations!🎈🎊🎉🎊🎊🎊🎈🎈🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎆🎆🎆🎆🎉🎉🎉☺️
Congratulations! This is wonderful news!
OMG!!!!! Take care of yourself and may G-d bless you and your baby with health and an easy birth in the right time.
By the way, Israeli midwives say “Mazal Tov” only after the afterbirth comes out. Tfu-tfu-tfu, it should be in a good and propitious hour.
For those not in the PIT, Percy is referring to this:
Ikea Kitchen Remodel https://imgur.com/gallery/llLddUJ
I’m delighted for you and Chef! Prayers and best wishes for a healthy pregnancy and smooth delivery.
Prayer is supposed to be an excellent thing for a good pregnancy. Some people recite Psalm 20 twelve times. And the Talmud mentions that wearing a ruby is a good for carrying to term, but make sure you take it off before birth. Nobody wants to stay inside forever.
I’m so happy for you, Amy!
It looks like its hubby’s job to clean the litter box for the next several months, so bonus!
Wonderful news Amy! Many blessings on you and your family!
I just want to say that this is probably the most uplifting post I’ve read in two years. (And all the comment make my chin pucker.)
May you and Chef know all of the happiness, joy, terror, and love that comes with parenthood. G-d is good.
This feels right.
A Thanksgiving baby! So very appropriate.
May you then have a very happy–and healthy–Thanksgiving. I’m so VERY happy for you, Amy, for all of you. Very happy, indeed.
Doctor visit done. The due date is November 15.
You want pictures? Of course you do.
First Ultrasounds https://imgur.com/a/Jt4I1ek
Excellent!!!
Wait, what? Congratulations!!!