Waves of Babies!

It's weird how in my family babies come in waves. The current wave is My cousin Jeff is about to have his second son in less than 4 weeks. My Cousin Jenny is at risk for premature labor as I'm writing this with her first child, A little girl, I'm so excited for her. And her sister Sheri is about to have her sixth child. But the most important two pregnancies in my family right now are My little sister Danielle is pregnant, she will be finding out when she is due and the sex of the baby on Wednesday, I can't wait, I will have my cell phone next to me all day waiting for the text. Yesterday I saw the first picture she sent of her stomach! The second most important one is my real dad's girlfriend is pregnant, and in December I will be finding out if its a boy or a girl. Another sibling, and hopefully the last. I'm excited. I can't believe how much my family is growing around me.

Hero...

A small baby lays in the lap of a young woman on the bus heading south, she's swaddled up in her favorite pink blanket and in her lap laid a small brown teddy bear with threads coming lose around the left ear. Her mother gently rubbed her fingers along the side of the baby's face and then kissed her on the forehead. Instantly the baby yawned and reached her hand up toward her mother as if asking for another. . . The greyhound pulled into the bus station the same mother carried her daughter off the bus and they walked toward a couple sitting on a bench next to a familiar woman. The couple quickly stood up and smiled at the young woman and reached out for the baby. With hesitation the young woman handed her daughter into the arms of the couple and her eyes filled with tears, and as quickly as the bus had arrived the young woman turned around and stepped back on the bus.

My Favorite definition I have ever cam across for a her was simply "one who shows great courage". I love this definition because it can include so much more than just superheros. The greatest heroes I have ever known of was a mother, that can carry a baby inside of her body feeling it growing and moving and become so attached to there baby, and then be able to conjure up so much courage to give away their own flesh and blood. In my own opinion this is the greatest act of courage any person can ever express, more courage than many of us will ever understand. The mothers who don't settle for abortion because they cannot care for a child the way the want to, or they know they are not ready to become mothers. But those mothers who give their babies to others who can raise them better than they would be able to are the best hero I can think of because they know a great amount about courage. I have never personally meet a mother who has been this brave but through stories I have heard on TV, or from others I have been inspired to become an adoption counselor, so that I will be able to help these mothers, and the adoptive families through the hard times they will face.