This is a short, simply, humorous story of one time in my life when I discovered life's true beauty and meaning. You will get a kick out of it. Don't copy it, it will be going into my later book entitled 'Laboring Moments' If you have a funny story about labor and child birth be sure to share it with me!

While being prepped for a C-section my anxiety go the best of me. I fear any new medication as I am afraid I will have a reaction. I warned the Doctors not to give me heavy narcotics especially. They agreed that they would do the best they could according to my needs.
I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy at 5 lbs. Of course we all shared tears of joy in the delivery room. I'll tell you there is nothing like the extreme happiness of just giving birth (so to speak) to a healthy child.
In recovery all I wanted to do was see my baby. I had to wait though. The nurse stood loyally by my side partially because she knew I had anxiety and was being supportive. It was just 2 days before Christmas and I repeatedly thanked the fine staff that was caring for me, for spending the holiday's caring for patients. I just loved my faithful nurse to my side, and I told her so. She was like a mother/angel to me. The orderlies were quite special too, and I told them to give their families all hugs and kisses for me.
I was soooo happy. My mom came in the room and I just started balling like a baby. She assumed something was wrong. But I explained very clearly to her that:
"I had wasted my whole life being miserable. Life in itself was a beautiful thing and we all take it for granted. The sun shines upon the flowers, the trees, the earth, and us and we ignore it. God provides us with so many opportunities to learn and we don't even pay attention. There is beauty in even the little things in life.
I has wasted the first half of my life being miserable and now it was time to embrass life with a big, warm hug...And I was extactic to have just mothered my fourth child"
I looked to my gentle, caring nurse with loving eyes and said,
"Boy these hormones after having a baby are something else, aren't they. I am so happy." and she replied,
"It's not the hormones dear, It is the morphine I have been slipping in your IV the last half hour when you weren't paying attention."

~~~~SusieQ~~~~