You know we all have those moments when we come to realization that we are now adults and our parents are not invincible!!. I mean really adults, not like being 18 or 21 but real life adults like our parents are! I have a plastic tote full of blankets that were mine when I was a baby. One of the blankets in there has patches of material and a backing that almost feels like foam. It was not my favorite blanket because the foam backing always felt kinda funny to me. My mom later explained that when I was a baby there was no such thing as fleece. This foam like material was the closest thing there was to the warm snugly fleece of today. I always knew that this was a blanket that my mom had made for me with her own 2 hands so I kept it even though it was not one of my favorites. There is a tag on the end that says made with love for our baby. That is what has always made this particular blanket special to me. Well I needed this plastic tote that the blankets were packed in for something, so I started pulling out the blankets and the foam on this blanket started crumbling off. As many many of you know foam will deteriorate after time into a weird powder like substance. Well after 30 years the foam had had it! I took the blanket to my mom and asked if she could put a new backing on it. I told her to please save the tag and sew it back onto the blanket. Well a week later I have the blanket back with a new yellow cotton backing. And yes the tag is still there!
When my mom brought the blanket to me she explained that the pieces of material she used to make the patches were from her old maternity clothes that she had while she was pregnant with me. There are also some patches that were from a gown that she had made for me. It took me few minutes of looking at it and it hit me like a freight train that I have now worn the maternity clothes just like my mom did. I am in the place that she was after she had made the blanket! I am done with my maternity clothes just like she was and it is my turn to be the mommy just like she is! WOW! So now I am on a mission to make a blanket with some of my maternity clothes and baby clothes just like she made for me! With my mom's 70th birthday just around the corner I have realized that she is not going to be here forever. She always tells me not to be sad when she is gone because that is just the way life goes. Now it's my turn to be the Mommy and eventually the Grandma and Great Grandma that she is! I only hope I can be 1/2 of the person she is and has been! Thanks Mommy for giving me the courage to be the woman I struggle to be everyday! I Love You!!