My Anchors!

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

~Sophocles

an-chor
(noun)
a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay

I am a Pisces. Which means, if you buy into that stuff, that my head is in the clouds most of the time and I rarely ground myself in reality. Well, if you know me, that is a pretty good description of the way I go about life. I easily get carried away with a grandiose idea, wanting to take it to the extreme.

In my life I need someone to ground me, to keep my bills paid and remind me of the boring day to day stuff we humans find important. It used to be work that helped me some, although it was way to easy to get in over my head in projects, again letting ideas get the better of me.

Meeting Jeff gave me the best person for the job. He is grounded just enough for the both of us, keeps me somewhat on task, but still loves to get carried away with me. Having kids sealed the deal! They are truly the anchors of my life. The biggest perk aside from having someone to laugh at the silliest things in the world is having someone else to blame the mess in my house on!

Sam and Toby are my anchors to life. They are the reason I want to know about my ancestry, the reason I am constantly looking for exciting off the chart places to take them while traveling, the reason I obsessively take photos of their every move, the reason I make an effort some days to be better than I want to be, they are the embodiment of all that is pure, true and how we should love the world around us. They are mine and I will forever be their mother, friend and biggest fan.

In a few days they will turn 5. They are just as excited about it as I am, even a little worried about what changes await them in this 5th year of life. They are amazing in that they wake up every day ready for whatever adventure comes their way - ready to chat my ears off, take care of the people they love, and share a smile with a stranger without prompting.

I still remember waiting day after day in the hospital putting all my effort into staying pregnant, wondering if they would be boys, girls, healthy, how long they would stay in the NICU? I wouldn't say I was naive about being a parent or a mother. I would say I was ready for whatever life threw at me. What life gave me is unmeasurable in any way. I have opportunities every day to be a hero, a healer, a teacher, a friend, a boss, a short order cook, a storyteller, an artist, a genius, an adventurer and above all the lucky recipient of attention and love that sends my heart soaring to the skies but my feet firmly planted on the ground with my family.