Marc gave me a card with a frowning pregnant lady on it. It says, "For nine months, you get to eat and cry and complain and sleep and be completely and totally unreasonable... (turn the cover) And then it's your baby's turn. Congratulations on your pregnancy!" But Marc crossed out the "your" and wrote "our". He also wrote, "To My Sweet Meg, I love you so much and the next 9 months are going to be awesome!! The following 18 years... I have no idea, but it will be great!! Happy early mom's day! Love, Marc."
Marc's mom, Erica Dieziger Steiner, passed away on July 14th 2009 after a very long battle with cancer. Her birthday was May 8th, which happened to fall on this year's Saturday of Mother's Day Weekend. The past couple of days have been hard for Marc and his grieving process. His heart is very heavy today, but he expressed to me that he's feeling a combination of joy and pain. It's amazing how less than a year after his mother passed, some fresh Steiner blood, unexpectedly, began to prepare to enter the world. It's a pure and simple example of the never ending circle of life. It's touching.
If baby is a boy, which I think it is, his name is going to be Eric. After Marc's mama. Because that's the way it should be.
Happy Mother's Day to all of the past, present, and future mothers!
Marc and I are building our family. We take it a day at a time, and every once in a while I write about things I find meaningful.
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