Wink from Heaven: Mothers

Friday, March 25, 2011

Mothers

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. ~Robert Brault

A Mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever.

Unknown

"Making the decision to have a child-it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."
--Elizabeth Stone

“My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune."
~Graycie Harmon

13 comments:

The Kings said...: beautiful pics of you both. You are so pretty April and of course I just want to come and cuddle that cute, chubby Caleb!; March 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM
Colleen said...: Absolutely precious!; March 25, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Janene Baadsgaard said...: These pictures are SO beautiful and capture your love for Caleb . . . and your love of being a mom.; March 26, 2011 at 8:25 AM
Unknown said...: no words.
xo; March 26, 2011 at 8:49 AM
shirlgirl said...: Such a beautiful picture depicting a mother's love--Thank you for sharing those words and those wonderful pictures of you and Caleb.; March 26, 2011 at 4:43 PM
behka said...: So Beautiful, both of you. I can tell Caleb loves his mum just as much as you love him:); March 27, 2011 at 7:42 PM
Angela said...: You are both beautiful (or I should say Caleb is Handsome) inside and hot!; March 27, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Anonymous said...: These photos of you both are just beautiful! x; March 28, 2011 at 2:02 AM
arianne said...: Who too those? They are fantastic. XOXOXO; March 28, 2011 at 7:15 AM
Becky said...: I MISS YOU!!! And these pictures are just BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for sharing. Know how much I love you and adore you. Kisses to sweet Caleb!; March 28, 2011 at 7:43 AM
Emily said...: Wow, those pictures are beautiful! Love you both.; March 28, 2011 at 9:29 PM
Bugg's mama said...: Sooooo special! Love is just pouring from these pictures. You 2 were meant for each other.

Love, Bree; March 31, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Lisa Christine said...: Oh my goodness....those pictures are simply stunning!; April 2, 2011 at 7:56 AM

Prayer for Caleb

(written by Caleb's Grandma in her weekly column -2008-)

In my family we have a secret code to communicate our love for each other when we are out in public. We wink. When one of us is about to perform or speak, we look for a family member’s face in the crowd. Then we wink at each other. Closing one eye and winking is our secret code for saying, “I love you. You can do it. You’re wonderful.”

About three years ago, my grandson Caleb was born into our family. He must have known before birth that he would never be able to speak to us because he was born with one eyelid permanently closed. So, he is always “winking” at us, always communicating, “I love you. You can do it. You’re wonderful.”

Caleb has one eye lid permanently closed because he is missing one of his eyes . . . and he is also missing his brain. All the doctors said he would die soon after birth. They were wrong. Caleb is three years old. He is a medical miracle. The doctors say he can’t see, hear, speak, think or move. Those who know and love Caleb understand he has his own unique way of experiencing the world and communicating his love to those around him.

After Caleb was born the hospice people told us to buy a burial plot and continually warned us of his imminent death. We soon learned you can not live well in a state of fear and sadness. We decided we could spend Caleb’s entire life anxious and scared he might die at any moment, or we could celebrate each day we were blessed to have him with us. In the beginning, my daughter April celebrated Caleb’s birthday every week instead of every year with balloons and cupcakes because we simply did not know how long we would have him with us. We stopped the cupcakes after we gained ten pounds, but the celebrating goes on.

We all prayed for a miracle when we first learned about Caleb’s condition. We got one. Caleb’s birth, life and mission have had a deep and lasting impact on our lives. His spirit, eternal identity and most of all the loving, individual relationship he has with each of us is truly a miracle. Because of Caleb we know that each of us has a divine purpose and that the physical body is a sacred gift we should never take for granted. We better understand the worth of a soul and the resiliency of the human spirit.

Caleb’s five year old brother Matthew said, “Grandma. The doctors said Caleb was going to die, but he didn’t. That’s the first miracle I ever saw!”

Sometimes Caleb’s baby brother Mitchell pulls out his feeding tube while they hold hands riding together in their double stroller. Sometimes the only intervention that can get Caleb’s heart rate up is when his older brothers Josh and Matty crawl in his crib, hug him and sing, “I am a Child of God.” ...If you have a moment please offer a prayer for the little boy who has never been able to utter a single word and yet has taught everyone who knows and loves him – all the secrets of a rich and meaningful life.