A Mother's Blessing

An obvious choice of who is there for me has to be my mother, Sheila. It isn’t a matter of just one incident that she was a vital help in my life, but it is constant. I could list millions of incidents since birth, but I will only speak about the present. I am 25 years old, married and the mother of a beautiful 7 month old daughter. Unfortunately, we live in an age where pedophiles and child molesters exist and my worst fear after having my daughter, is her being harmed in that way. During my pregnancy, I dreaded the task of finding a trustworthy caretaker for my daughter. I did extensive searches, received numerous referrals, but my instinct just wouldn’t allow me to feel comfortable with any of those choices. My mother informed me that she would be her caretaker during my and my husband’s work hours. I know this isn’t a rarity for many parents, having the grandparents as their children’s caretakers; however, there isn’t any other person in this world who I felt completely comfortable in doing so, other than my own mother. She suffers from several ailments to where she takes in excess of 14 pills a day, one being a case of fibromyalgia in which she has severe pains run through her entire body each day. Her health depleting was the reason for her early leave from the workforce. With all my mother’s health issues, I was uneasy about her taking on this responsibility, but she assured me that she would have it no other way. She has a special relationship with her grandchildren, but by this being the first infant in 6 years, she feels that my daughter has given her a new strength that she’s never had before. I have 4 friends who gave birth this same year and have had to worry about whom they will leave their children with while they are at work. I measure my mother being there as nothing more than a blessing to me, my husband and my daughter. And what better way to say thank you to her, than to have the ability to help with her and my dad’s retirement worries. Thank you.

Juanita, FL
Posted: October 08, 2008

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