HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND

 

                   HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE IN BLOGWORLD!

So many mom's will celebrate this weekend. I had an aunt who was unable to have children yet she was one of my many role models. Miss you auntie Ang. Loved celebrating with my mom and since both of these exceptional women are gone I celebrate them still.

" Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they are holding the family together." Susan Gale

            I need to think about this, a favorite of mine and recreate one for daughters too. 

 

Myself with my mom in about 1972. I sure miss her wisdom. Her strength, everything about her. She has been gone for 24 years this year and it is hard without a mom, especially a good mom.

Proverbs 31:10 " Who can find a virtuous woman? 

A mother is her daughter's home base. As she grows up she holds on to her mom's hand to steady her walk. She will be dependent on you until that day comes when she is not. She will open her wings and fly like a bird and start to live her own life. But no matter how old she is, how far away she lives, she will remember your strength when she was small and she will reach out to you when she needs advice regarding her own child rearing. Sometime she will see you in herself. It is funny, I have three daughters and one daughter-in-law. Our oldest girl is mom to three. We have always been very proud of her. She took her her late husband's two kids and raised them along with her one son. They are good people. You feel like you did something right. Our second girl is a "dog mom". Everyone has their own path they follow and this girl loves her pups. She is very much like me, if she reads this, she will knows it is the truth. Many times she has said, "I was shopping and I saw this, so I bought it! Oh no, I am turning into you!" She makes me proud. Our youngest girl is mom to one and she is a very good mom. She was a pre school teacher so she has lots of experiences with other peoples little ones. Their little boy is a wonderful child. He is her shadow and there are days he looks just like her  and in the blink of an eye, he is his father's son.  Then our daughter-in-law. She is a good mom too. She can balance a teenage girl and two boys that have been a difficult road after a horrific car accident. She balances everything with grace. It is a blessing all of our children have had soulmates and they have worked together with their children and pets too. My mother would often tell me I was very blessed. She would say God gave you a good husband and healthy children. What more do you think you need? and.....she was so right. 

"Children, if you want to  be wise, listen to your parents, and do what they tell you, and the Lord will help you. For the commandment "  Honor your father and your mother , was the first of the ten commandments with a promise attached; y" You will prosper and live a long, full life if you honor your parents." Ephesians 6:1-3