Happy Mother's Day

At 12:56PM April 25, 2000, I became a mom. I was so young and scared. I read several how-to books and prayed that I would do a good job. No book ever prepared me for how much joy I would experience. Every year Elliot gets older is my new favorite age/year. He has grown to be healthy, smart, kind, funny, handsome, thoughtful, talented...the list goes on. In my terror and inexperience I must have done something right. I miss the days when he was a little bean swaddled in a blanket but now I so enjoy how we've become friends and laugh uncontrollably together. Wherever I am and I notice that it's 12:56, I smile because it was the first time I met my son. He knows this because, of course, I annoy him by talking about it all the time. Today he gave me a clay sculpture of a clock at 12:56 so that I can always be smiling. This Mother's Day is my new favorite day with Elliot and I look forward to tomorrow and the next day...and the next...