Physics Professor Amit Goswami says, “It is consciousness, thru the conversion of possibility into actuality, that creates what we see manifest.” Deep, huh? So, what are we imagining is possible for us today?

“I Love You 250 and 6″

Our “countdown to Mother’s Day” continues with one my favorite stories a mother of two send in to us.

I love being a Mom because my children make me a better person. They may be the toughest bosses I have ever had, and the pay is not great, but hearing them say, “I love you Mommy” with the warmth of a great big hug or seeing the delight in their face when they master something makes the rewards of being a Mother so worth it! When I was out climbing the corporate ladder, kids were the furthest thing from my mind. I had to endure a life-threatening skiing accident to wake me up to motherhood. After that, I realized life was not all about work (my husband always pointed out that I lived to work and he worked to live), and we made the decision to start a family. It is the best gift I have ever received, and now I work to live for my children.

Here are some memorable moments about my kiddos from the journals I keep for them:

From my journal about Madison (now age 6):
Today is September 11, 2006 (5 years after the 9/11 attacks). We were sitting at breakfast today watching the news, and I was already quite emotional when I looked over at you and saw you saluting during the National Anthem. When I asked you what you were doing, you said you were saluting like the guy on TV. I knew you did not understand completely, but you made me so proud. You are so young, yet so profound in so many ways. Like the other day when you told Daddy you were sorry for growing up too fast. You completely brought a tear to his eye. You are very special my little princess, and I love you very much or should I say “all the way around my back.”

From my journal about Brayden (now age 3):
You say the cutest things all the time. One of those things happens to be when you tell us you love us! You will say something like, “I love you $15 or I love you 250 and 6.” I just want to take you and eat you up!!! Then there are the times you don’t sleep through the night, and I want to send you to the moon…not this morning though. When you crawled into bed, you laid on my chest in the fetal position, and I held you there just like when you were a baby. It put such a beautiful smile on my face and in my heart as I laid there staring at you and sucking in your every little breath hitting my lips!

Thank you,
Camie Dunbar
(AKA Madison, 6, and 3-yr-old Brayden’s Mom)

Our countdown to Mother’s Day continues with the funny story sent in from a mom in Maui…http://ping.fm/MNWTP, “Mom, is it fun being tall?”

“Mom…Is It Fun Being Tall?”

Our countdown to Mother’s Day continues with this cute story sent in to us from an adorable mom on the island of Maui…

There are so many things that make me proud and happy that I became a mother but one thing happened the other day that made me pause and smile to myself and so happy to have my little munchkins…

I was walking with my son while pushing my daughter in her stroller. My son, Cameron (age 4) looked up at me and said, “Mom, is it fun being tall?” My initial reaction was to laugh (I am far from tall, standing at only 5′2″) but I replied with “why yes it is Cam!” I loved this moment. Being a “shorty” I have always wanted to be taller. Leave it to my adorable child to help make all my dreams come true – even being classified as “tall”. Yes, I LOVE being a mom – and I love rediscovering the world (and myself!) through their eyes!

Sarah Burns
The Ohana Mama, Cool Finds for Your Ohana
Twitter: @TheOhanaMama
http://www.TheOhanaMama.com

Happy Mother’s Day (week, month, etc.) To celebrate I’m posting an inspiring mom story a day on my blog, 411ForParents.wordpress.com. Or you can see the entire collection at http://ping.fm/DSICa The stories are from real moms to real moms who are maybe having a CMM (Challenging Mom Moment) and could use a quick lift to remind them why they embarked on this exhausting journey to begin with. Enjoy!

“Doesn’t It Look Like a Rainbow?”

Okay, before you start screaming the next time your child spills something and makes a big horrible mess, ruining something valuable in your house…read this story sent in to us from by Leslie Rackowski.

My son, who was five at the time, once spilled a full pitcher of Kool-Aid after I told him not to pour it himself. When I came into the room, after hearing a loud noise, the Kool-Aid was spreading all over the floor, even going down underneath the baseboards into the basement. I was just about to get upset with him and ask him why he had poured the Kool-Aid when I had told him not to, when he says, “Oh, look, Mom. Doesn’t it look like a rainbow?” Now how could I get mad at that? Ever since then, whenever something bad happens in our lives, I always look for the rainbows in it, from that lesson learned from my son.

Lesley Rackowski
She has a unique company called Pillowcasegram
www.pillowcasegram.com
www.pillowcasetalk.blogspot.com

Multi-generational Mother’s Love

I think all moms at one time or another are shocked and horrified to discover that they have suddenly become their own mom. While I’ve had those moments as well, here’s one thing I’m proud of…

I have twin girls who just turned ten, and during our little bedtime ritual, after we’ve read a book together and I’ve got them tucked in, I sit with each one for a few minutes while they’re winding down. During this time I feel compelled to cradle their cheek in my hand. They both love this…eyes closed and their little faces beaming…soaking in the love. Their hand usually comes up to meet mine and we share an extraordinary moment of pure love and connection. The first time this happened, a flood of memory came back to me. This was exactly what my mom did with me when I was young. In fact, I can see and feel her hand even now. I wondered if her mother had done that with her. Since my mother had passed away before my children were born, I truly feel that she is there, in that moment, touching my face, as I touch my daughter’s, in a circle of multi-generational mother-daughter connection.

Just this one thing makes it all worthwhile.

Happy Mother’s Day?

Well, I’ve finally done it! I just finished creating a program I’ve been working on for years now, and it’s now online and available at my new site, http://ping.fm/9z3oY it’s called the Manifesting Your Desires Platinum Program. I’m pretty proud of it. I think it has the capacity to help a lot of people. Go visit the site and tell me what you think. I’m going to add a video of me explaining it soon. So I’ll let you know when that’s up. Thank you all for your love and support during this “birth” process!

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