Happy Mothers Day to all you wonderful moms out there! To you who have your beautiful children, and to you who have your beautiful baby bellies! Today is a day to celebrate moms all over the world. I would like to tell you all a little about my mom. Today she would be 50 years young and probably still living in our house on Glasgow street in London Ontario. She worked for years at the Canadian Red Cross along side my Grandmother who got her the job there. My mom didn’t have the easiest life…quit high school at 17, married at 17, had me at 18, divorced at 20…did a lot of odd jobs for years until my grandmother got her a good one with what’s now called Canadian Blood Services. 8 years after having me, she gave birth to another healthy baby girl who I admit – I couldn’t stand for the first 18 years of her life! (This isn’t new so no – my sister won’t fall off her chair when she reads this!) lol…In 1999 I gave birth to my very own healthy bouncing baby girl and I finally got to understand the love a mother has for her children and how unconditional it really is. My mom wanted to be there for the birth of my daughter so badly, but I had her so quickly that she didn’t make it in time…but the look on her face when she saw her grandaughter for the first time is one I’ll never forget. As she put her right hand over her heart, tilted her head to the left and said “Oh MY!” My mom was always so proud of me and told the world when I became a Paramedic. “This is my daughter – she’s a paramedic!” It got quite embarassing especially when she would say “go put your uniform on and show everyone” (I’m not a 5 year old who has a new ballet dress you need to show everyone…SO embarssing!). I remember the week of June 9th, 2001 when I got the call that my grandmother was diagnosed with Colon cancer. Devastating news that seems all to normal these days now. Then 5 days later (yes DAYS) my mom calls to say she has stomach cancer. Talk about a moment of pure devastation. They both faught hard but cancer won the battle. My grandmother died in November of that year, and my mom in October of the following year. Moms are such amazing women. They raise their children to the best of their ability and live for years hoping and praying that everything they do is the right choice, the best choice and that we, as their children will do good by how we have been raised by our mothers. Today we remember our mothers and celebrate with them if we are lucky enough to have that chance. For those of us who have lost our mothers, we need to take this time to remember all the great things about them, and the wonderful choices they hopefully made to give us the best possilbe life they could.
This picture is of my best friends beautiful baby belly, who when we did her maternity shoot asked if we could somehow incorporate this pin in one of the pictures for her mom who died of Breast Cancer 2 years ago. This would have been her 3rd grandchild… Leanne, we are all so excited for the arrival of your sweet bundle. I pray for her safe and healthy entrance into the world when she arrives in just 2 weeks. Your mom I’m sure is looking down as your guardian angel. I’m sure both our moms are 
Angel, to you who just lost your mom to cancer at the end of last year, this is your first mothers day without her and will probably be the hardest. Just take time to remember all she was, all she did and all she meant. Then look at your 3 children and smile, because today – you get to be with them, hold them, touch them, kiss them!
Happy Mothers Day to you all! 
May 12, 2008 at 1:01 pm |
Such beautiful and honest words Tonia. Thank you so much. Love Angel
May 12, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
That was so beautiful Tonia! You made me cry at work! Thank you so much for taking that picture…I love it!
Leanne