Missing my mom

I am overwhelmed. There is a lot to do to get ready for the arrival of our first child and I haven't been doing a very good job keeping up with the day to day maintenance of our home. Just in the last couple weeks, the baby has decided to lay just right so that I have A LOT of lower back pain that hurts down into my hips and thighs. I have just been trying to make it to 5:00 each day at work, come home and give a couple flute or piano lessons and then sit on the couch. I have wanted so many times to just pick up the phone and say, "Mom, could you come help me?" I know she would have LOVED anticipating this first grandchild with us. Through all of our disagreements, I always admired her classiness, ability to organize and accomplish more in one day than I seem to in a month, balance work, a family, and other outside activities, and do everything with the utmost quality. I know she would have gladly come on a weekend when I needed her help to clean, organize and prepare. I have been envious watching some of my other friends with their moms as they get ready for the birth of their babies. My mom taught me to sew and I have been making the bedding, curtains and accessories for the baby's room. Today, as I work on those projects, I will be sewing with more fond memories of my mom.