Happy Mother's Day

I'm so thankful for Mother's Day. I'm thankful we can take a day out of our year to recognize the most important, difficult, thankless, yet rewarding job any woman will ever do, be a mom.

I am thankful for the loving mother I have been given. I am also tremendously grateful for my mother-in-law, for raising her son to be such a great man, and for inviting me into the family so lovingly.

I've been sitting here trying to think of what to write about my mother, and I've deleted about 5 different entries, because there truly just are no words to describe my gratitude, love and respect for my Mother. She is the best woman I know. No she's not perfect, yes we've yelled at each other, and I've broken her rules and disappointed her. But I can honestly say that my Mother has never, never, never disappointed me. She has been there for me through thick and thin, regardless of the bad decisions I have made or how mean I might have been to her, she always has been there to comfort me and pick up the pieces. I know that all 4 of my siblings feel the same way. We have all done our fair share of things to create chaos in her life, and many times those things overlapped, I cannot even fathom the mighty prayers she must have sobbed through as we challenged her. But she has remained faithful through it all, being the supreme example of how to forgive and always love. My mother taught me how to love, and how to receive love as well. She has always put others before herself, especially her children. I think she went years without buying new clothing or things for herself, but every year she would take all 5 of us to Mervyns to pick out several of our favorite back to school outfits, as well as replensih the colored pencils, calculators, and notebooks we had managed to lose the year before.

I really don't know how she does all that she does. She did daycare for years so she could stay at home with us, but once we all got a bit older and needed braces and car insurance she went to work full time. Working full time and being a mother of five, she still managed to make it every swim meet/ waterpolo game, piano recital possible. She's wonderwoman and I love her dearly.