The Blessing of a Mother

I have a wonderful mom. I am a mom to 3 wonderful boys. I have wonderful "mom friends" that I share this journey with. This is a special day to celebrate all of that! I am humbled and grateful that God has given me all these blessings. There were many mother's days that I longed for a child of my own, so I know what that feels like for so many women who are still longing for this. My biggest encouragement is this - God is faithful. He may not answer your prayer exactly as you envision, but he will answer it!

As a mom, I have such a huge responsibility to shape the lives of my boys, and my prayer is that I can do it half as well as my own mom did! I wrote this in my mom's card this year and wanted to share it.

A Few Things I Learned From My Mom:

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right!

It is the little details that make a BIG difference!

A little elbow grease can get most things clean!

Always go the extra mile

Always make people feel special.

Never say can't.

Everyone deserves a special day on their birthday!

Love God with all your heart.

Give of yourself without expecting anything in return.

Everybody puts on their pants one leg at a time!

Always do your best, no matter what.

And never, ever, ever give up!

These are priceless lessons to me and ones I hope to pass along to my children. Thank you mom for being a wonderful example!

I love this quote " A mom is a person who seeing there are only 4 slices of pie for 5 people, promptly declares I never did really care for pie!" So true, so true! Happy Mother's Day to all you moms who always give up the last piece of pie/cake/dessert for your children! You guys rock!

Tara