A quiet Mother’s Day morning provides opportunity for reflection. My girlies will be home later to celebrate with me this evening. This morning, they’re lavishing some love on their stepmom, who very much deserves it. She’s a wonderful mom and a dedicated co-parent. 1/
I see a lot of terrible co-parent situations and I am blessed beyond measure to be in a great one. We don’t see eye to eye on everything, but we collaborate so well on all the things that matter. We have learned to call upon each other when one of us is stumped w/a kid thing 2/
and we don’t know how to respond. It occasionally frustrates the girls to see us so well aligned, and that’s a further reminder to us that even in the hard times, we’re doing the best we can together for the benefit of the girls. I’m grateful. 3/
Missing celebrating with my mom today - there’s been many a Mother’s Day when we were at a ballpark together, or each at our own, but celebrating moms with baseball has been a thing for a long number of years and I’m missing that today, too. Hopefully we will see her SOON. 4/
To all the bonus moms in the life of my girls - the field hockey and soccer team moms, the Nats friend adopted aunt moms, the aunts by blood, the aunts by marriage, the aunts by years of forever friendship, and the whole extended lot of you: thanks for loving my girls. 5/
Thanks for teaching them and listening to them, and for loving me to help me love them better. Thanks for years of laughter and tears and ump booing and World Series cheering. For sideline quiet ref muttering and for loudly standing up to celebrate. 6/
Thank you for holding us close when we struggle. And for sticking by us three every step of the way.
Each of you deserves some extra special love this Mother’s Day. Because each of you is part of our circle of moms. And it’s the best circle ever. 7/7
Each of you deserves some extra special love this Mother’s Day. Because each of you is part of our circle of moms. And it’s the best circle ever. 7/7