For Tricia

There is a blog that I read daily, Confessions of a CF Husband...their story is amazing and precious and so makes me thankful every day for my sweet husband and my precious children. I have had a small taste of the NICU and so relate on a very tiny level to their walk with Gwyneth. Nate and Tricia have more strength than anyone I have ever known...so, THIS is for Tricia...
I think of you when...
* my baby pulls up to a stand and I remember not too many months ago when I was just happy he was breathing on a nasal cannula
*how THAT baby was nicknamed Tiny and now he weighs as much as his three year old brother!
*I sandwich kiss one of my kids lips to cheek between me and my husband
*I walk to my kids' rooms in the morning and hear "Good MORNING Mama!!!"
*When I walk the long sidewalk to pick up my son from kindergarten and how it won't be long before you can walk in stride taking deep breaths of fresh country air.
*When Pitufo says "You my heart?" because it his deepest expression of love.
*When Notorious asks for just one more snuggle because there is nothing like the snuggles of your firstborn
*And seriously all day, every day, as I pray for you, a stranger to me...we share the same Creator and Father and those moments when I start to get frustrated...I remember your path and stop and appreciate my life and try not to take a moment of mothering for granted.

Praying for you guys...