{"id":574,"date":"2012-06-18T21:21:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T21:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/?p=574"},"modified":"2012-06-18T21:21:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T21:21:48","slug":"does_this_make_me_a_diva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/does_this_make_me_a_diva\/","title":{"rendered":"Does this make me a diva?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"b3.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/b3.jpg\" width=\"910\" height=\"650\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/> <\/p>\n<div>Every day when I go to wake her in the morning and tuck her in at night, I get to remember one of the most magical days in our family&#8230;the day she came into our lives. Each image in this display was selected for its own special memory:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Wow! I can&#8217;t believe how big my belly had gotten!<\/li>\n<li>My husband&#8217;s hands were so strong and supportive.<\/li>\n<li>Look at the grins on my boys faces seeing their baby sister for the first time!<\/li>\n<li>I remember leaning in close to breathe her in. She was so warm!<\/li>\n<li>Her hair! I couldn&#8217;t believe she had all of that hair!!!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>To this day, I have watched the video footage from her birth probably twice, but in the three years since her birth, I&#8217;ve watched the incredibly beautiful and moving slideshow of her birth countless times. Countless. I know I am *very* lucky to have this event recorded in such a timeless, personal, tasteful manner.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If someone came up to me today and said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll give you a million dollars if you destroy all of the photos from her birth,&#8221; I&nbsp;guarantee&nbsp;you I would turn them down. If someone said, &#8220;Okay then, for a million dollars, I can turn back time so you could have non-blurry photos of the births of your first two children,&#8221; well&#8211;you know what? I would seriously try to figure out a way to make that happen.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But why?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Because I have forgotten. The births of my children are the three single-most monumental days of my life&#8211;they changed who I am as a being&#8211;and yet I have to fight very hard to force my brain to remember them. Nature&#8217;s way, I suppose, but I don&#8217;t <i>want<\/i> to forget. I truly don&#8217;t. I&#8217;m not stuck in the past nor am I trying to relive it&#8230;I just want to&#8230;I just want to relish it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I can promise you that looking pretty for the camera was the last thing on my mind that day. I can promise you I wasn&#8217;t wearing make up. I can promise you that when I was lost in laborland, I had no idea who was in the room with me.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tell me if you see anything &#8220;gross&#8221; in the images above. Call me one of those &#8220;crazies.&#8221; Refer to me as a &#8220;diva.&#8221; Really? I think not. You know what? The birth of a child is not gross. I&#8217;m a loving mom and I run my own business&#8211;clearly I&#8217;m not crazy. And frankly, I&#8217;m no more a diva than a bride who wants pictures on her wedding day.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinmotionphotography.com\/\">Lyndsay<\/a>, I know I&#8217;ve thanked you and thanked you, but here&#8217;s yet another thank you for this gift. (P.S. 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