Mother's joy

Okay, I saw a sad news story today about this 10-month old girl who is a medical mystery because she is shrinking within her own skin. Things like this make me feel extremely grateful and--frankly--lucky that my children are healthy, happy, and safe. I'm no one special that I should've been so blessed and this other mother so burdened with sorrow. I take this state of well-being for granted much of the time amidst the daily grind of life. Aiden is reflective of the emotional, frustrated, pissed-off side of me at times. While Ava is the little "B" in me come to life. At times, like these when my children are irrational, selfish, and spoiled, I think What have we done? What have we created?!?!? But these moments are nothing, insignificant, when I think of little girls like the one on the news. My frustrations and fears become insignificant in light of the realization that what we have going on here in our little family is just about as close to perfect as we could wish. You never know what can happen in life, so I do ocassionally remind myself to love it now, as it is. That's my mother's day gift to myself.