I'm What?!?!

She was 35 years old. Her three children were pretty much independent. She had been working on her degree slowly but surely over the past several years and she had finally finished and was working at a pretty decent job. Sure, having 2 teenagers and a 10 year old was a lot of work, but they were in school most of the day, and she could now work and maybe she could help put them all through college. The test just could NOT be accurate - her, pregnant?!?! But yes, it was true, another baby on the way. This is not part of my plan, she must have thought. But, as she did then and as she does now every day, she opened her heart and her home to this child, and I am sure glad she did! I know it must have not seemed logical and surely not easy, but she had the courage to do what was right. I am sure working 9 hour days, coming home to cook a full supper, wash clothes, keep the house spotless, help with homework , be a wife, must have seemed like all she could possibly do, but she chose to add ANOTHER child to the mix, and I am sure glad she did! Yes, this story is a part of my precious mother's life, a part that must have happened about 42 years ago when she found out about me. Thank you dear Mother for opening up your home to a child when it didn't seem the easiest thing to do!! I love you!