MOTHER'S DAY, 2009

I love Mother's Day. Every day I think of each of my kids and wonder what they are doing at that moment of thought. I worry about each one of them, their spouse and their children. I visualize on each of their birthdays the accounts of their births. Each one holds a special memory for me. I always know how lucky I was to be chosen by our Heavenly Father to be their mom. I have made many mistakes with parenting; but I did the best I could do with the example my mom showed me in her days of raising me. As each of my kids grow older, however, I realize they are on their own "adventure" in parenting. I can only hope and pray that any example I was as a mom, they will remember the good ways I handled things and not the errors of my ways. They each have made me a very proud mother, and it really does seem that I talk to others totally about my kids and grandkids, each time a conversation begins. Therefore, because I am a proud mom, I am posting a picture of my kids. They each turned out "tall" on accomplishments and "big" on heart. I can't forget my own mom at this time; I never would. In fact, one part of me is so sad on Mother's Day....partly because my mom has passed and the other part is that I don't have three of my four kids around on that day. I do have Joseph, and that's my saving grace. So, this tribute is to mostly my own mom and for the years she spent raising me; and secondly for my privilege and opportunity of being the mom of four beautiful spirits, my children.