Hello world!
Hello. Welcome to The Lucky Pumpkin! This is my first blog post! My name is Mary, and I am a 38 year old wife and mother of two wonderful girls. This blog will be about my transition from working as a full-time Music Teacher for 15 years, to stay-at-home mom. I will discuss the challenges of being a mother to an extremely sensitive two year old, Anna, and a very happy, smiley, seven month old, Emily, who has Down syndrome. I will also talk about the change from being the wife of a medical student, resident, and fellow, to being the wife of an attending physician. These are the major influences in my life right now.
You might be curious about the title of the blog. My daughter Anna was telling me that the baby, Emily was not called Emily. She said, “She’s not Emily, Mama.” “She’s not?” I said, “Who is she, then?” She said, “She’s a Lucky Pumpkin!” This was so well-received by us that she kept saying it for weeks. We really thought that was a perfect name for Emily, and for all of us. We are all really lucky and blessed to have each other. The funny thing is, no one ever called either of the girls a pumpkin as a nickname, a pet name, or anything. So we really don’t know where she came up with the idea!
Well, that is the short version of who I am. More to come tomorrow!