Daily Dose of Mama: 8B, 3M, and Tonight

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

8B, 3M, and Tonight

8 years ago tonight I was shaking my booty to "Baby Got Back" with my groom at our beautiful wedding, surrounded by the people we love best. It is the 3rd best night of my life.

3 months ago tonight I was sitting in a hotel room in Korea, watching my new son shake his booty to Korean music I couldn't understand, marveling at the fact that the three people I love most in the world were all finally together with me. It is tied for the best night of my life.

Tonight I am sitting in my oldest son's room after missing him terribly for the last week while he was in Hawaii with his Daddy. In the other room I can hear my younger son belting out a mash-up of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Happy Birthday" to my husband of 8 years, and because I am getting to know this little impish big star so well, I know he's got a couple more encores in him before the curtain is going to come down.

And although we weren't able to do our traditional fancy Jamaican dinner for our anniversary this year, I feel such a pleasure and triumph on this anniversary and don't consider it a letdown. Life is just really sweet right now, and I am so happy to have three amazing people to call my own.

2 comments:

JenJuly 12, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Awww. Your posts make my heart melt!
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KaraJuly 13, 2011 at 10:15 PM
What a great post. Happy Anniversary!
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I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

I worked full time as an editor, which I loved; but I made the bittersweet decision to stay home with my children after Little Bro came home. I'm now clumsily finding my footing in a new world of housekeeping, menu planning, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and rainy-day activities, as well as navigating the world of IEPs, parent advocacy, and special needs education (spoiler: I suck at house work). My husband is hot and smart and quiet and loyal, and I think (know) my sons are the cutest, happiest little boys in the world.

I also struggle at times with mild depression, anxiety, post-adoption depression, my husband's constant absence due to his stressful and super time-consuming job, the challenges of helping my older son with his sometimes exhausting special needs, and our transition to a family of three little boys with just 19 and 14 months between them. I worry way too much about what people think of me, hate talking on the phone, and I am trying to trust myself more.

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