The Price

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Easter morning the kids opened their Easter gifts from my Mom. We didn't have anywhere to go so we just went for a drive to find a park. When we found a park, we would stop and let the kids out to play. They had a blast! It would've been nice to spend Easter with family, but oh well we made the best of it.

Saturday night, Kevin and I watched The Passion. That is the most amazing movie ever made. It really brings home what Jesus did for us, for me, even though we don't deserve it. I love how it shows the relationship between Jesus and his mother Mary. Being the mother of a son it really effects me on a different level. I just can't imagine what she went through watching her son go through all of that. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. The whole movie just has me crying from start to finish, but the two parts that really speak to me, as a mom, are when Jesus is carrying the cross through Jerusalem and Mary asks John to get her closer to him. John takes her to a spot that is secluded and she waits for Jesus. Jesus comes into view and falls to the ground from the weight of the cross as Mary flashes back to when Jesus was a child and fell and scraped his knee, so she goes running to him, as any mother would, and embraces him. Jesus looks at her and says,"Look Mother, I make all things new." Wow! That is so powerful and just wrenches my heart. The other scene is when Jesus is hanging on the cross and Mary walks up to him and kisses the bloodied foot of Jesus. She then looks up at him and says,"Flesh of my flesh...heart of my heart...Son, I want to die with you." Ugh! that just send me into hysterics. (Those of you that know me well, know that I'm a very sensitive person and it doesn't take much to make me cry) That is the ultimate price of motherhood. I am just humbled at the price Jesus paid so that we (I) could have a relationship with God.**As I was writing this, Curtis starting crying out in his sleep, and of course I jump out of my chair and run to him.** It is unfathomable to think that the great creator of the universe would send his only son humbly to this earth to die a horrible death just because he loved us and wanted to have a relationship with us. Would any of you sacrifice your child in that way for love? Hmmm...something to think about.

On a lighter note, Claire is officially walking and she is good!! She went from taking a couple of steps to full out walking in a week. She didn't even want to have us hold her hand and she will squat down, pick something up, then stand back up and continue walking. What!?! I still can't believe that I have a walking 10 month old. Lauren was 13 months old and Curtis was just about 14 months when they started walking. I had a feeling that she would walk early because when she was a newborn, she would stand herself up when I would burp her. Superbaby!! Anyway, have a great rest of the week.