I think it's important for you to understand I'm just a simple woman who happened to have been given an extraordinary task!! So I'll begin introducing my family to you....starting, of course, with ME. ................. I've been happily married to the same man since December 23, 1975. My husband, Jim, and I had three daughters who grew up and gave us nine (yes, NINE) grandchildren.....five girls and four boys......who you'll get to know later.....if you decide you want to, that is.... ummmmmmm.......I came from a large family....four sisters and five brothers....I'd have to stop and do some serious counting to tell you how many nieces and nephews I have!!!! ......I love my God above all and my family next!! I appreciate more than ever the wonderful friends I've met along life's way.. FINALLY.......all I really want out of life now is to find God's perfect will for me and JUST DO IT!! I never planned to be a Mom again....this is just the way it turned out........My daughter needed help, seeing she had two older children and Jimma was truly a 24/7 baby.... Iam now trying desperately to find God's perfect will in my life....my life MUST count for HIM!!.....sooo. I stumble along...trying to find where it is my feet will take me now............. ok...enough for now, I think.......
GOOD MORNING, BABY GIRL
Posted by Kathryn Hall Cape on Thursday, January 5, 2012
Under: memories
Posted by Kathryn Hall Cape on Friday, August 20, 2010
Today marks the eleventh month since that fateful day....that day I wish I could erase from my memory....O that time could have ceased!!!! ....or that it was a horrible dream......YES....maybe it is a dream...a horrible dream.....
I'm gonna wake up now....I open my eyes.... and find my little curly-haired girl next to me...I see her working to get a hold on my hair...she loved to surprize me awake by tugging on my hair when she woke before I did.......so I pretend to be asleep, watching her through the barely open slits of my eyes. Her face is glowing with the anticipation of the hair pull game as her long, slender fingers grasp tightly to my bangs. ...tug..tug....I open my eyes and pretend to scold her. O how she laughs throwing her head back...thinking once again how easy it is to get Mommy to wake up....
Now it's tickle time......our regular nite-nite and good-morning routine......my finger traces the outline of her perfect ears as I brush her golden locks away from her face. My heart melts as I look into her beautiful blue eyes and remind her of their perfect shape and color.....she can't take anymore tickle on her face as I trace the outline of her nose and mouth.....
'"Ok, Jimma....time to change your pull-up"....I smother her belly with kisses, asking her...can Mommy have a kiss on this spot?....how about this spot...and this one?....until goose bumps cover her and her legs are kicking in an effort to get away...laughing joyfully all the while......"All clean!!!" .....I massage ....her tummy...her legs and feet...her arms and hands...with the sweet smelling Johnson's Bedtime Lotion...the one with the purple cap...that's my Jimma's fragrance...
Med. time!! ....and she patiently watches as her Mommy pushes each dropperful through her feeding tube....Now comes the best part of waking up.......the morning snuggle....I can feel her head pressing down on my arm as she turns towards me..mouth wide..preparing to smother my face with her wet kisses. I smell the sweet scent of her breath...feel the warmth of her untainted love....given so completely and freely...............We''re gonna lay here a while longer and plan the day.....and cuddle....and just be.............I think about the awesomeness of her complete trust.....and hug her tightly......
O'...This is where I long to stay for the rest of my days on this earth......in the heart of me ....the part of me where my Jimma lives.....forever................
In : memories
