With Mother's Day quickly approaching, I find myself thinking about several things. First...I am extremely blessed and thankful that God chose my mom to be MY mom! Let me just tell you about my mom...she is loving, kind, selfless, the epitome of a Christian mother and she has the patience of Job (and, y'all...she had to because I was her daughter). She loves my daddy, me and my siblings, and her grandchildren like no other. She loves us fiercely and BIG! She will not only pray for you, but will pray with you. She is always ready to hop up and go shopping, and very seldom would say no to a road trip. She is truly not appreciated enough, and we probably don't tell her we love her enough. But...she is the glue that holds our family together. There is not a birthday or a holiday that goes by that there is not a family dinner. There is nothing too little or too big to celebrate in our family, and as two of my kids would tell you...our family is "extra." She is truly one of a kind and I could not be more thankful to be able to call her my mom.
Second...I am a mother to three amazing kids and they continue to amaze me and make me proud every single day. There is not a day that goes by, that I don't wonder how I got so lucky to have these humans belong to me. They are goofy, funny, caring, kind, free spirited and not scared to follow their dreams...they made me a mom. They challenge me and try my patience, but they are the best part of me and are my biggest accomplishment. My only hope is that I make them proud and can be half the mom that my mom has been to me.
Last, but not least...my heart is heavy for my friends who no longer have their mom's with them. Some have not had their mom's for years, and for other's this will be the first Mother's Day. I cannot even begin to fathom what my life would be like without my mom in it. For those enough lucky enough to still have our mom's with us... celebrate them, hug them, and make sure they know they are loved. Thank them for everything they have done and continue to do. For my sweet friends who no longer have their mom's...know that I will be praying for peace, comfort, and for His arms to be wrapped around you on Mother's Day! I think the one thing we can all agree on...there is no love like a mother's love!
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way, it is not irritable or resentful, it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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