Why Blog?

I decided to start this blog after reading one created by a mom of a critically ill child. I prayed an I cried as a read about her. I checked for updates on her condition. Actually I am still doing that now. It is really tugging at my heartstrings as a mother. It made me think about my own children and all Fran and I had been through with them. I feel like I still remember everything, but as I read this other mom's blog I remember all of the emotions you go through with a sick or injured child. She documented all of the things that lead up to her child's current hospitalization. You think you will always remember it all, but the truth is you probably won't. Two of my children have been hospitalized for very serious issues in the last two years. They are both doing really well today. But I wish I could have put my feelings down as they were happening. Not just for these really scary times, but for the beautiful times as well. And the small things that happen every day that you easily forget if you're not yanking out their baby books, or they are too old to have them anymore. I want to be able to recall things as they were "in the moment". They grow up so fast. So, I'm hoping I can do this and write about things that are happening and maybe even recall stories of times in the past to get them recorded as I remember them today. I want to create something that I can keep of our life as we move through it together.