What I would give.....

Mother's Day with my 2 and 5 year old and MY BIG TEXAS 80's HAIR! 

If I could just have one more day to spend holding each of my children in my arms....as babies, not the full on adult sized...cause that would just be weird.  

As I go up and down my stairs a million times a day, I gaze at my photographs, and close my eyes (well after I've made it to the top or bottom, so as not to wind up in a wheelchair)  and try to remember that sweet little baby smell that those little bundles of cuteness possess.  The way they nestled themselves into the warmth of my arms.  The way they would come crawl into bed with me to snuggle and feel comforted.  Their soft skin, their sweet little eyes looking at me with so much trust, their tiny little hands and feet that I could NEVER stop kissing and loving on....ohh such precious memories forever embedded in my memories.   I would give anything to experience that feeling again.

There is nothing stronger than a mothers love....I am so blessed to have two children that love me and all of my crazy and aren't shy about letting me know that they love me, but they are also quite adept at acknowledging my full on cray- cray.  I'm comfortable with my crazy...really I am. 

I get random text messages from each of them, just telling me that they love me....of course, this is because I've had to threaten them within an inch of their life for not answering their phones the morning after, when I know good and well they've been out partying!!!!  Mothers know EVERYTHING!! WE HAVE SPY'S!                           

I've also received random messages that cause me much anxiety... Permit me to reveal the two most recent such antics from my precious darlings.....

My kids know I'm a freak...so they love to ummm, well, add to my freakiness.....and by "FREAK" I'm not referring to the Rick James version, "She's a Super Freak"...I mean like a Circus Freak.

 Just this past Sunday...to my son via text messaging: 

"hi honey...just checking to make sure you made it home safely last night?  love you!"
 LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGest wait ever for a response!! At least 5 minutes of sheer agony waiting, and this is what I get back! 
  "nope, I'm in JAIL!"   Eyes rolling in the back of my head, breaking out in full blown perspiration, heart pounding and about to puke everywhere.  When I realize....hey wait a minute.... they can't have cell phones in JAIL!   Little Stinker.... I can just see him snickering from his unmade bed strewn with laundry from a month ago....

Or this one: to/from my beautiful daughter:  On Saturday morning:
"hey baby girl, just touching base with you...did you have fun last night?"
"Yep, just now getting in"
 IT'S 9:00 in the morning!!!!!!! PEOPLE,  I cannot deal with this!!!!!!
                                                                                                                                            Now..granted, my kids are 28 and 25 years old...they shouldn't need to check in with me the morning after....but they know their mama will be all knotted up until I hear from them.   

So my mother's day wish is for a few Xanax's and some Botox... that should see me through the next ohhhh say, 40 years of panic and take care of those lines that embedded in my face...next to my great memories of my babies!!!  Happy Mother's Day everyone....make it count!!! 

THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE!!!
Text from my Son!!!  Notice my response with
auto-correct.... he's a Rick Star!! : ) 

MY DAUGHTER KNOWS HOW TO  
SUMMARIZE MY FEELINGS, PERFECTLY