Mama! Mama! Mama!

Mama. That's my name, not my given name. Janna Melissa Wade now Dillinger..that's who I was once upon a time...Everyone always called me Sissy, then Keith's little sister, then Barry's wife, and now my favorite, "Mama"!! I carried both of my daughters past their expected due dates, stayed up all night with them, nursed them, etc. and of course their first words were "Daddy"!! WHAT??? Mylee still only says Mama when she is being exceptionally sweet..Lily Bea says it 1400 times a day. Although, I must admit there are times when it drives me bonkers (like right now as I'm typing this, Lily Bea is yelling it like the house is on fire. ) but I know there will come a day all too soon when they will not be yelling for me any longer. They will be busy with the business of growing up and becoming women and meeting their own needs and I will be shuffling around the house looking for finger prints to wash off of a wall, barbies to pick up and I know without a doubt my ears will be waiting to hear "Mama"..if not my ears, my heart for sure. I love those little voices and I thank you God for the gift of them. Now I gotta go...someone's yelling for me.:)