March 6 is a day to remember for my family. Most people remember this day as my daughter's birthday, but March 6 became a day in our family history four years before her birth.
This is me and a good friend at a double baby shower March 6, 1999. We were due about a month apart, and our friends threw us a double shower. I had been put on bed rest two days before, but was given permission to attend my shower- a long as I laid down and drank plenty of water- which I did. My best friend drove me to the shower and she knew something wasn't right when we left. She called my doctor and took me by the hospital- a place I remainded for five weeks! I was leaking amniotic fluid, so I had to remain in the hospital until delivery. My baby wasn't due until May 5!
March 6, 1999, my husband was building fences in Snellville, and did not have a cell phone. I'm not sure how my friend got him- paged him I imagine- but before long he was there. He slept on that chair bed every night until we were both at home.
My time in the hospital I will always cherish. My mom, who passed away August 27, 2002, came to the hospital daily. She would arrive between 9:30 and 10, and stay until 4:30 or 5- knowing my husband would be there shortly. During my weeks in the hospital, we watched old taped movies (The North and the South to be exact), talked, and put puzzles together. Once she tried to talk the doctors into allowing me to be pushed in a wheelchair outside. When they denied her request, she opened the double doors of my room and pushed my bed as far as she could outside. She knew I needed fresh air and the feeling of outside. I don't remember specific conversations, but I do remember her always being there. My son was born 4 weeks later on April 1- another story for another time.
Now four years later, March 6, 2003 was a different story. We walked into the same hospital and a few hours later, our daughter was born.
This is her, now taken this past Saturday at a school pageant. Happy Birthday Carolyn!
March 6 is truly a day my family will never forget.
