mothers day!

wow, life changes so quickly! it seems like yesterday i was 13, you know, that awkward age when you are discovering who you are, and deciding what you want to do over the summer was the most important thing in life? when even the smallest things could bring tears and heartache. those times when only a mothers hugs and reassuring words of how the world wasn’t going to end and the sun would still come out tomorrow! yes, as scarlett would say “tomorrow is another day”! i had no clue that 8 years from then i would become a mother myself. i always thought i wanted to be a stay at home mom, but that wasn’t for me! i love being a mom! made some major mistakes, but my kids are amazing.

 i look back now 33 years later and am amazed how fast it went. misty and sasha were the kids every parent hopes for. adding jeremy and bobbie to the mix, i now have 4 children and 3 grandchildren; caroline who just turned 5, abram who is 10 months, and elliott who is 8 months. whatever i knew as a mom i learned from my mom and from the instinct god gave me as a mother. mom was a good teacher, loving, caring and always there when i needed her!

 since this is mothers day, i want to tell you about my sweet daughter misty, who is celebrating her first mothers day! watching her raise elliott is a wonder to me, and makes my heart smile! she is loving, patient and oh so caring. the first 7 months were hard on her and i wasn’t always there for her like a mom should be…another mistake on this mom’s part. the way she loves elliott is seen in the way she looks at him and smiles her wonderful smile! she works hard all day, comes home and does the wife and mother thing, and always makes time for me. she is the one who always watched out for her little brother, being motherly at such a young age was so precious to watch. many qualities she has did not come from me, we all have our downfalls, but from that gift that god instills in mothers. happy mother’s day misty, the first of many to come!