I am sure that the number 3 has to be my favorite number!  From the time I was a little girl, all that I wanted more than anything was to be a mother…I wanted babies so bad that I ached with the need.  Maybe, it was because my childhood did not leave me with the memories a child should grow up with, or it was just a built-in desire to experience the miracle of life.  All I know is that it was there growing more powerful with each passing year.  After losing two consecutive pregnancies, I was devastated to hear my doctors tell me that it would not be possible for me to carry a baby to term, and that I should consider surgery to avoid any more risks to my health. Instead, I opted for a second opinion from a group of Women’s Health Specialists.  Halfway through testing, when a pregnancy test was required before the procedure, I was informed that I was pregnant…go figure…lol………

#1………12 and a half hours of effort ushered in this beautiful, kicking and squalling, red-faced, rolly pollied 9 and a half pound baby girl who has become my strength and my passion in the flesh….

#2………9 months of illness, hospitalization, on my back in bed, and a fight for life in the delivery room, entered this chubby little auburn haired girl, rolling in at 8 and half pounds to announce loudly to the entire nursery of babies that she was not to leave my hospital bed at any time, who has become my most tender heart in the flesh…..

#3………..4 hours of barely getting settled in and making the doctor risk a traffic ticket to arrive in time, rushed in with 2 pushes literally landing in the doctors hands as he sat down to begin, came this 8 pound, blue eyes full of wonder, little pistol of a girl who has become my fire and wild spirit in the flesh…..

If anyone wonders who I am or what I am like, you need only look at the culmination of these miracles…

I am Strong, Passionate, a most Tender Heart, and Wild to my core…

God knew exactly what I needed to heal all the hurt, damage, and destruction of my childhood…

Not 1, not 2, not 4 or 5….3 is most definitely the number OF ME!!!!!