My mom isn’t home this Mothers Day. I always love spending the day with her, but this year, someone else gets to. I guess thats ok 🤣 I tease. Its not. I tease again. Anyway.
I love being a mom. I knew from very young that I wanted to be a stay at home mom like mine. And my prayers were answered with a hefty yes. For that, and for her example, I am so grateful.
My mom and I do not mom 100% the same. Not so terribly differently, either, but a little bit. And she never makes me feel like I’m doing it wrong, or she knows better, or like I’m in adequate. While I greatly value her opinion and her experiences, and sometimes I WISH she would offer me some more input, she really makes it known that she trusts me. Which feels pretty precious to me.
I miss you, mom! I hope you are feeling so well loved and celebrated today, because you are loved, and worthy of celebration! 🥳
Meanwhile, I praise the Lord for giving me the opportunity to raise children. Whether they’ve been with us forever or for a time, I have so loved each and every child that has come into our family over the years. Being a mom is truly a dream come through, even on the hardest of days, and it is not lost on me what a privilege it is to have children to call my own. I know how many people ache for children, or how many ache to care for their who cannot. There are so many complicated dynamics to being a mother, its hard to write about it.
But. I am incredibly grateful for my mom. And I am incredibly grateful for the kids who made me a mom.
Happy Mothers Day 💜
I love being your mom, Hailey. It has been such a joy since day one. You are a strong, courageous, funny(often in a darkish way🤣), steady, perceptive, rarely but sometimes imperfect😘(just to mention a few)…woman, wife, daughter, Mom, and friend. I am abundantly proud of you my lovely daughter! I look forward to seeing you soon. I love you 💜