Happy Mother's Day

Today I was blessed to celebrate my 8th year as a Mommy.  It has been the most magical 8 years.  There are so many amazing things that happen when you become a parent, your heart grows, you laugh more, you wonder what you ever did for free time, and you grow a tighter bond with your spouse.  Or at least I did all these things.

I have always wanted children, a bus load to be exact but I would have settled for 3.  Graham did not.  He did not want any child of his to parent a child that would go through what he went and is going through.  You see, because Graham has CF that makes Jordan is a carrier (Graham can only give her the CF gene and I am not, so I cannot give her the gene).  If she meets and falls in love with another carrier, she has a very high chance of having a child with CF...and this is the thought that he could not bare.  But to make me happy (and to be honest, there was a part of him who wanted a child too) he granted me the wish and gave me a child.  Not just any child, but the most amazing little girl I have ever met.

Most people, before Jordy, knew Graham as a fun, out going, party animal who could talk to anyone.  I knew him as this, but I also knew him as a soft, loving, and caring man.  This child of ours has allowed outsiders to see this side of him.  As she grew older, he no longer cared that he was letting his tough guard down, because she was worth it.  Jordan has become his sole life line that he keeps fighting to live in this horrible nightmare that he is in. 

And bonus...Jordan is a female replica of Graham.  I know one horrible day soon, I will have to say goodbye to my best friend, but I will also get to relish in the fact that this ball of energy that looks and acts like him will be with me for many MANY more years.  And I will not completely lose him.

Thank you Graham for helping me become a Mother - we are 2 DAMN good parents!