1st – 7th October 2017
I have said before that I have 4 sons, what you might not know is that they are all adopted. Usually being adopted means that you don’t have any of your birth family living with you. It usually means that you don’t know them at all. My 4 boys though are all natural brothers as they have the same birth Mum and Dad.
I always remember the first day I saw them really clearly. Grant came walking to the car and Dec was being carried by the foster carer, I held out my hand and Grant grabbed my finger. It was only a few minutes and then we had to leave until we came back a few hours later.
I remember getting really emotional and I felt really overwhelmed by the situation I was in. I remember thinking that they are my sons and that was the moment I turned into a mother.
We had a week of introductions and during that week Grant had his 3rd birthday . The reason I am telling you this is because that first meeting was 15 years ago this week and Grant has just turned 18.
Him turning 18 has meant that this week I have been taking a trip down memory lane.
Thinking back on the 15 years of being a mother it has made me realise that so much has happened over that time.
I remember that 15 years ago I felt fit and healthy, I was overweight but not excessively, I felt that I was totally able to look after them. As the years went by and the kids just kept on coming my energy levels disappeared and the weight piled on.
I remember not having much energy for anything at all. Probably as 10 years went by I think I must have aged 20 years. Now though after 15 years and after going down this journey for so long I feel like I’m younger, healthier and have so much more energy than I did when I first got them 15 years ago.
So sometimes going down Memory Lane is so beneficial.
