Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted Under (Darius' 7-9mths, Days to Celebrate) on Sunday, 10 May 2009 at 11:54 am

I just walked into the study room and found this!

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He had put it on my desk while I was coaxing Darius into napping.

Can’t help smiling at Hubby’s creativity. He took the picture this morning while I was still sleeping and he was playing with Darius. He actually wrote ‘Happy Mother’s Day to Catherine!’ using the Doodle Board we bought for Darius that day. I also laughed that the little boy is not looking at the camera.

The back of the photocard is a written message from him on his appreciation of me.

Excerpt:

Together it has already been a total of 20months (in womb&out) since our journey with Darius started…Before Darius is capable of making his first card to you (which will be the next Mother’s Day), I will do this year’s on his behalf.

“Thanks so much, Dear for this surprise!”

Being A Mother

Motherhood was something alien to me when I got married at the age of 24. We didn’t want children because I was so young and we wanted to enjoy our couple life for a few more years. I wanted to pursue my interest then and kids could be a burden.

Then, two years into our marriage in 2006, we started thinking about kids. Seeing how other people were having joy with their children, we wanted to experience this joy too. We began to see children as ‘bundle of joy’, instead of ‘little devils’.

Months after months we tried. Wanting turned to disappointments, disappointments turned to cravings, cravings turned to anger at God/Life. It got to the point that I couldn’t bear to look at other children and even when surfing other mummies’ blogs, I cried reading them, thinking when I could have a wonderful child like them.

Finally, after 1 year plus, God bestowed Darius on us and he turned out to be an adorable child who’s affectionate and full of laughter.

Therefore now, no matter how misbehaving he is sometimes, no matter how tired I feel taking care of him, I always strive to remember that, “We both WANTED him” and “It’s our conscious decision to have him”.

I have a lot of frustrations as a Stay-At-Home-Mum which isn’t entirely by choice. I really need to be a better mother and be more patient to him. I’m still learning everyday on this journey of Motherhood.

So here’s wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to All Mothers Out There!

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  1. Brownie says...

    The message is so sweet.

    Happy Mother’s Day.

    Posted on 10 May 2009 at 12:11
  2. Mama PeanutNo Gravatar says...

    That father-and-son photo is so cute. :)

    Happy Mother’s Day, Catherine!

    Posted on 10 May 2009 at 12:32
  3. TengFamilyNo Gravatar says...

    Hemmm.. so nice your hubby and creative.. Happy Mother’s to you too!!!

    Catherine, We are same same.. Married when 24yrs old old hahaha.. :P then also don’t want child so early because want to enjoy the honeymoon time.. :P after few year then come to desperate of child.. finally Matthias is come to our life.. :D we are same same leh.. :P

    Posted on 10 May 2009 at 22:48
  4. mischa'smomNo Gravatar says...

    happy mother’s day catherine! we also have the same story (almost). chad & i got married december 2000. we didn’t want to have kids because we wanted to enjoy ourselves first. then in january 2004 i decide it was the right time for us to have a child. first i was diagnosed to have high levels of prolactin, then eventually was diagnosed to have PCOS. i went to several doctors, even tried herbal medicine but couldn’t get pregnant. it was a really frustrating time for us. it had gotten to the point that i didn’t like attending our mother’s day service in church. finally in 2006, we just decided to stop going to the doctor and just ENJOY LIFE. we even bought a motorcycle in august 2007, we would travel almost every weekend and we really enjoyed ourselves. then in february 2008, i learned i was pregnant.

    i was 35 y/o when i gave birth last sept 12. it has been a rough time for us also. i was not able to breastfeed mischa, we learned through his newborn screening that he was G6PD positive, when he was only 6 weeks old, we learned he had eczema. now he has rashes on his mouth, arms, feet and back of his knees. i so hoped to have a baby with a flawless complexion ;)

    he will be 8 months tomorrow, there are still tough times, but like what you said, we wanted to have a baby…i didn’t realize it would be such hard work. i miss the nights when we could sleep late, sleep straight through the night, and wake up late. but that’s motherhood.

    thanks catherine for sharing your journey through motherhood, it has been a blessing…

    Posted on 11 May 2009 at 11:18
  5. DreamycatNo Gravatar says...

    wow, Margaret, that’s interesting to hear. To think we had been in the same situation. Glad we both have our dream fulfilled.^_~

    Posted on 11 May 2009 at 11:20
  6. DreamycatNo Gravatar says...

    Mischa’s mom, thanks for sharing with me your story. Are you taking care of Mischa full time now? I don’t know how I would cope if I have to handle all these problems for a newborn. I am already frustrated sometimes with a ‘normal’ baby who is developing a mind of his own. ^^
    Kudos to all the self-less mothers out there!

    Posted on 11 May 2009 at 11:43
  7. AngelineNo Gravatar says...

    So similar yet so different.
    But before I continue I must say, “Your hubby is such a ‘Aaaaawwwww’, so romantic….”
    To me, any surprise is romantic.

    I got married at the age of 23, this is the similar part.
    I had planned 2 years, not more, of couplehood, after that, it would be 4 kids in the interval of 2 years. so that’s the different part. cos we wanted kids as young as we can.

    but financially, we could only stop at 2boys…

    *Happy Mother’s Day to you*

    Posted on 11 May 2009 at 16:35
  8. KiKi says...

    That’s so sweet of Vincent! Hope my hubby is half as nice as him :(

    Happy Belated Mother’s Day to you Cat!
    You are doing great! Stay strong!

    Posted on 11 May 2009 at 23:04
  9. DreamycatNo Gravatar says...

    Angeline, you were planning to have 4? Wow!
    indeed financials are a concern. I want to give the best to my children as much as I can. So more children might mean lesser for each.

    Kiki: Thanks for the encouragement Kiki!

    Posted on 12 May 2009 at 14:48
  10. mamaseahNo Gravatar says...

    A very happy belated mother’s day to you! It’s such a sweet surprise right? Well done to your hubby for the creativity

    Posted on 14 May 2009 at 08:45
  11. DreamycatNo Gravatar says...

    thanks Mamaseah! Yes, it’s such a surprise. I never thought of celebrating Mother’s Day at all since he’s still so young.

    Posted on 14 May 2009 at 12:34