Dear Lucas

 Happy first birthday baby.  One year ago today I birthed you into the world after carrying you inside my body for 41 weeks.  I loved you through my pregnancy and cherished my growing belly.  It seemed the whole world was celebrating your arrival and I was so touched.  Customers at the bakery, friends, your brothers, Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa, family, it felt like everyone.  People would toast us at restaurants, strangers would offer congratulations, and other women would cast me knowing glances and smiles as I was soon to join their club.  They knew the joy I was going to be a part of.  The joy of being a Mom. 

I am surprised by how much I worry now.  I worry about your safety, my safety so that I can take care of you.  I worry about the economy, the future of this Earth as a home for you. I worry about people being kind to you.   I worry if I am a good Mom, if you will be a happy boy.

More important than the worry is hope.  I have hope for you.  I have hope that you will not be mesmerized by things, that you see the true value in life.  I hope that you enjoy learning and see the world as your classroom.  We don’t have a large family and I want you to grow up knowing that family comes in all shapes and sizes.  I have hope that like me, your friends become part of your family.  A true friend is a blessing to cherish.

I am your Mother.  I look forward to raising you the best way I know how and enjoying this adventure called life.  You are very loved and I have hope that you carry that in your heart and always know that.  Congratulations Lucas on your first year of life.

Love Mama

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