Why Wonder Woman?

Mom, I wanted to post something today that would be cute and fun from the kids to brighten your day.  Of course, Linc then woke up having an asthma attack that was pretty bad and we just got home from the doctor where they confirmed that he has pneumonia.  So instead of singing you a love song he's asleep with lots of drugs. :)
But you know, my kids' asthma attacks always make me think of you and feel thankful for you.  Its true. If you had a costume for the super hero role you've played for me, it would have a picture of an inhaler on the chest!  So this won't be as happy or cheerful a message as I planned, but its a deeply grateful message that I want you to know.  It's the real reason why I sent you those wonder woman pajamas.

You have always been wonder woman to me because you have so many talents and you can take on so much.  But since I've had kids, you've been wonder woman in a new way.

1) You are the super hero that (literally) flies in to the rescue when I need help:  
When I am struggling after having a baby (Well, the first time you flew in before the baby, when I was distraught with not having had the baby and was 3 weeks overdue!).  Each time you've come and been more help to me than you can possibly realize.  Only a supermom flies to Boston in the winter to care for cabin feverish children in a 600 sq foot apartment with no couch. :)

Another time you flew in (with barely a moment's notice to change out of your elementary school teacher disguise) when I was alone and crying over the phone for help. When the boys were sick and Lucy was in the hospital and I was sick and scared and totally overwhelmed.  You came to my rescue when I felt like I was being crushed under a building, you were there as quickly as possible to lift it up so I could scramble out.  That's not just a super hero analogy, that's really how I felt.

2)You are a super hero who saves lives:
Mom, I have never really said much about it but you have saved 2 of my kids' lives.  You were the one who realized Elijah was in anaphylaxis from the cantaloupe that time in your kitchen.  He was in bad shape and we had no idea how dangerous the situation was. You flew into action and thanks to you and also the miracle of priesthood blessings, we were spared a tragic outcome.
You were also the one who realized how bad off Lucy was on that terrible day 2 years ago with her biggest asthma attack.  If you hadn't insisted that something was really wrong, and if I had acted even 5 minutes later, we would have lost her.  I can't even think about what would have happened if not for you.

These are only a couple of the examples of how you have come to the rescue for me.  I know each of your kids could make a long list. Pops too, I'm sure.  That's why it was so hard to hear that you were sick.  It was just such a shock because you are the strong, invincible one who takes care of everyone and keeps everything together.  It was the first time in my life I thought of you as vulnerable.  Vulnerable is just not a word that describes my strong, capable mother! But it is what it is.  I've realized over the past 2 months that a blessing to come out of all this might be the chance for all of us to trade places with you. For each of us to drive and fly "to the rescue" for you so that you'll know how much we love you.  Because each time you've been there for me, I've felt how much you love me.

The only difference is, you're still the main super hero, we're the sidekicks who come in to find and destroy the kryptonite so that at the end of the show you'll be soaring across the sky again, with your cape heroically blowing in the wind! :)