To Love Deeply And Be Loved Just As Deeply In Return...Is The Greatest Blessing Of All

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​This old gal…

Jerked awake…in the wee hours of the morning…coming out of deep sleep…panic hit…unexpected…out of the blue…had just said goodbye…to those daughters of mine…the day before…headed out early…eager to see those waiting at Little Cottage…was sent off…with hugs…kisses…Mom’s infamous stand-on-the-curb-obnoxiously-waving-and-blowing-kisses-until-the-loved-one-is-out-of-sight…now reciprocated…by that oldest beauty of mine…

Driving away…bittersweet…but the heart warmed…by the fact that the next morning…those sisters would board a plane…flying together…to spend the next two weeks…with DC gal…and that husband of hers…early morning flight…flying together…all of them…flying…together…

Eyes popped open…what if…came the panic…something happened…to this flight…that one in a million chance…something goes wrong…and those three babies of mine…are there…together…this old gal…not normally a doomsdayer…but there it was…fear…dread…crazy scary thoughts…echoing in the dark…

If I lost my girls…all my girls…all at once…what would I do…how would I survive…who would I be…for this old gal…is mama me…and mama me…is this old gal…those girls of mine…are a big part…of who…I am…and why…I am…

Stayed awake…until the plane landed…fears subsiding…those girls safe and sound…this old gal…so thankful…for ten beautiful days of memories…ten crazy days…of fun…and so blessed…to be given the gift of these three…delightful daughters…

To love so deeply…and be loved as deeply…in return…
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And those ladies of mine…agree…