Flood of emotions return

For a moment today, I was able to watch the "Today Show", which is a rare occurrence. Usually if the TV is on, the channel to watch is Disney or Nick. Trent and Paige were upstairs playing nicely, so I quickly switched the channel. Right then was the story of the gal who had 8 babies. I am not using my blog to discuss her and her stupidity.

As Ann Curry and the mother were walking through the NICU visiting each baby. I had a flood of emotions overcome me. It was 14 months ago, but felt for a moment like it was yesterday. I had an overwhelming love for those babies and my children. They are special spirits sent here from Heavenly Father. It doesn't really matter if the mom isn't thinking things through with her decisions, it doesn't matter if we aren't very good parents, what does matter is that we are giving these spirits a chance to gain a body.

So as I was watching the NICU scene and wiping my eyes, I didn't notice that Paige had come downstairs with her baby doll. The moment passed and I changed the channel back to Disney and went back to cleaning the kitchen. Paige walked up to me and said, "Mom, my baby is sick and needs to go to the hospital." I said, "Oh yea, what's wrong with her?" Paige answered with, "She can't breathe and needs to go into the hospital to have a tube help her." I stopped what I was doing and realized that the same hospital scene that affected me emotionally also affected my daughter. So we talked about it for a minute, we hugged, and then she was off playing again.

Here is a picture of Paige walking up to me with her "sick" baby doll. She looked so adorable, I couldn't resist capturing the moment that we just shared together.