{Baby Blues and Rainbows}

This week I'm experiencing what I hear is referred to as "baby blues". I mistakenly assumed I was out of danger, as they didn't really seem to hit until now. Maybe they were stalled because I had such wonderful help and company those first two weeks. Oddly enough, the blues like to hit me when I'm nursing. Makes me wonder if they can be linked to a drop in blood sugar. Thankfully there is always a little rainbow that comes out when I look down into the peaceful and beautiful eyes of my little boy. At the morning feeding I have been enjoying spending that time doing my devotions. I have begun reading Matthew and am also enjoying "Meditations for the New Mother" by Helen Good Brenneman. It was loaned to me by the leader of the mom's group I attend and it has blessed me very much already.

I love this prayer at the end of day one:

Dear God, I thank you with all heart for the beautiful experience of
motherhood and for the infant at my side.
Just as you have helped the mothers
of all ages, guide me in my new task, bless my precious baby,
and bless the baby's father in his love and concern for both of us. Amen.

I find it so comforting to remember that I am "joining hands" with the mothers of the ages, that every worry, each sleep-deprived night, all of the questions, concerns, joys, tears, and the entry into a new normal is territory charted before me.

I'm thankful Oliver and I were able to join the mom's group for the first time in three weeks this morning. Now I am dreaming up hostessing the Christmas Tea at my house. It sounds so lovely!



We met a friend for coffee afterward and I was so blessed to get out and have girl time, looking at her wedding pictures and just visiting. I'm so thankful for this friend who has made a point to arrange a visit with me each week since Oliver was born.



Now we look forward to the visit of another very dear friend, newly engaged, who will visit us later this week. We can talk weddings now to our hearts content. I never tire of this, I confess.

I hesitate to end by talking about the weather... it makes one think I don't know what else to say... but I have to because the snow level is dropping to 2500 ft. tonight. Snow excites me! Christmas excites me and snow assures me we're getting really, really close!