Motherhood in a Flash

5 Minutes for Mom is hosting another giveaway, right on the heels of their last one. This one is for Mother's Day.

Their first giveaway is being sponsored by Eggbeaters. They're giving away $1000. Now I don't know about you, but we could sure use that. Click on the button to get more details.

Basically, it's a photo contest. We're supposed to post a photo that makes us think of motherhood. I, of course, cannot limit myself to one. I have two that immediately came to mind.

This is my mother on July 14, 1961. She is 20 years old, and the happiest I've ever seen her. I don't think I've ever seen such pure joy on her face. I, on the other hand, look like a sourpuss.

This is a picture of me holding my daughter just hours after she was placed in my arms on April 2, 2007. I'd received so much advice suggesting not to bathe her the first night. She was so overheated and sweaty from the outfit she'd been wearing that I thought a bath would help her feel better. She did not enjoy the experience that first night. She was much happier when I rescued her from the scary blue baby tub. You'd never believe how much she loves her bath now. I love this photo. It reminds me of how happy I was to finally hold Sera in my arms, and it reminds me of how the only way to calm her down in the beginning was to touch face-to-face. We spent a lot of hours those first days in just this position