How Time Flies

Sometimes you blink your eyes, and you can't believe how many years go by. Today is one of those days. Today, my baby turns 25.

Wow... where did the time go? 

I remember when they told me I was pregnant with her. It was the best day and the worst day of my life. “Congratulations your pregnant, but there is a cyst growing, and we don't know if it's cancerous or not, so you need emergency surgery now."

Those words cut my heart. How do you do surgery while you're pregnant? Any mothers will know the pain I was feeling. To know that the cyst and the baby are fighting for space and are so close to each other.

They didn't give her much odds to survive. I was 4 months along when they did the surgery.

They said it would be a miracle if she did survive. I told them that they obviously don't know the miracles God has done in my life. Yes, she was born 6 months later. After all the surgery and bed rest I went through, my "miracle baby" was here against all odds.

She held my heart from the moment I held her in my arms. She was so different from her sister. As soon as she learned to walk, she was gone, God forbid you let go of her hand, poof she was gone. She had a mischievous look in her eyes, always trying to plan her escape. She had a hardy laugh and a smile that could and still can light up a room. She had this unbelievable attachment to a little pink elephant she named Ellie, and he went everywhere with her, hanging from her little hand while her thumb was in her mouth.This is the picture of her I will hold in my heart forever.

Today, she is a young woman. She turns twenty-five, long gone is Ellie and her days of escape. She is beautiful, smart, kind and funny. She is off to get her Masters to try to help the world with farming and our food issues.  

I am so proud of the woman she has become and the incredible life she has ahead of her.

So today my friends, enjoy every moment with your children. Forget the dirty clothes, the dishes, and the 101 chores you need to do because they are only young once. Enjoy them now this minute because before you can blink your eyes, they will be all grown up, and you're here saying where did the time go.

Happy sweet 25th birthday, my miracle Cinco de Mayo baby... Sarah, I love you so very much, and I am so proud of you!