Lost Treasure

Do you remember your stuffed animal or a toy you loved when you were a child?

Or a music that brings out a lot of memories?

I found pictures of my girls few years back that brought out a lot of memories

I took them during a trip to Japan

The trip had a special meaning for me

Because one of our children didn't come out of my tummy

She came out of my sister's tummy

And with all the twist and turns

She became our baby

And came to the US as a year old

But the baby had difficult time adjusting

So she had terrible one

And terrible two

And terrible three

And terrible four

And I started questioning myself as a mother

And a person

Part of me knew

She was longing to go back

But I knew

She has no family to go back to anymore

So I couldn't visit my family for a long time

And finally, we did a few years ago

I met her as a day old newborn

And by then she had lost her mother already

So she had to go through many caretakers

Until she joined our family

She didn't come out of my tummy

But I did go through very difficult labor for her

Which took me several years

To become her mother

So I am thankful

To just be

A mom

What are you thankful for?

Happy Wednesday and stay warm!