Mother's Day Weekend

Mother's Day is second only to Christmas as my favorite and most important holiday. I can't remember my first Mother's Day with Jojo, but I will never forget the second one. Jojo came down with his first major illness post-diagnosis of SMA in April 2005. After spending two weeks in PICU, he was finally healthy enough to be transferred to another hospital for his gastrostomy and Nissen's fundoplication. That Saturday, Brady and I went to church; separately, to two different churches and at different times (one of the perks of being Catholics). In church, I cried, particularly when the priest said the blessings for the mothers. All I could think of at that time was if Jojo would still be with us on Mother's Day the following year. The next day, on Mother's Day, I rode on the ambulance with Jojo while Brady followed behind us. We got to the next hospital, waited to meet the surgeon, washed Jojo's hair in the sink because we couldn't give him a full bath due to his IV line, then took pictures of his belly with its lone belly button.

Fast forward to 2006. My best Mother's Day so far. My Mom and my sister were visiting from the Philippines; and more importantly, Jojo was fine and healthy.

This Mother's Day weekend, I plan to spend some quality and fun time with Jojo. And I am going to take a lot of pictures and videos of him and me.