Happy Mother's Day!

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Hi Ladies!

Sharing success stories (and venting! LOL!!) seems to be what helps us

keep our heads above water. I love having this forum to share the ups

and downs with all of you. Dawn, congrats on finally being " MaMa " to

Sierra! Deb, hearing Charlie call for you for the first time must have

been wonderful! Reading your posts gave me chills and made me smile. :-)

This will be my first Mother's Day as " Mommy " to . Only in the

last 5 weeks has he " found " his M's. I was lovingly referred to as

" Dah-ee " before then. I was apprehensive about posting his

accomplishment at first in fear that I would make those of you who are

still waiting to hear the magic " M " word from your children feel bad. I

then remembered how good I felt for those who had posted in the past

that " He/She finally said 'Mommy'! " so I decided to share 's

accomplishment with the group. The responses of " Congratulations " and

" Next it will be 'I love you' " were incredible! It is a gift to have all

of you to share with. I don't feel that anyone needs to apologize for

celebrating on the list. We can all relate. For those of us who have

been fortunate enough to have reached that milestone with our child, it

brings a tear to our eye remembering how much of a turning point it was

in our child's development, that everything was going to be " okay " . For

those that have not been so fortunate, it gives hope and maybe a chance

to live vicariously through others (I know I did before started

progressing). Anyone can answer to a crisp, clear " Mommy " but it takes a

very special woman to respond to something that is virtually

undecipherable to a stranger. To all of you still waiting to hear your

child call for you, hang in there, your time will come......you've

earned it.

HAPPY MOTHER " S DAY TO YOU ALL!!

~Dani~

L.I., NY