I was so proud of my kids for putting on a really great Mother's Day for me. My expectations were pretty low since they'd have to do it all on their own but they came through and made me feel so super special!
This was my breakfast menu.
Jeff helped them pick out flowers for me and they decorated the table with my favorite chocolate.
At church, the Young Women went into the Relief Society for a combined lesson. It was a very spiritual lesson with lots of music and special words about women. I loved being in their with Adyson but I was missing Maryn a lot too. After the Amen was said I gathered my things and left the Relief Society room to find Maryn standing there! It completely took me off guard; I wasn't expecting to see her and I was just missing her a lot. I felt like I was dreaming but I grabbed her with a big sob in my throat. I let her go to look at her again and grabbed her again in a big hug hug letting out a little cry. All the ladies by this time had stopped and were watching this Mother and Daughter exchange and they were all crying too to see my emotion at seeing my daughter.
It was crazy to be apart of that but it was special. I was SO happy to have Maryn! She had arranged with Jeff to pick her up from school so she could spend Mother's Day with me.
We decided to surprise my family too.
After we were all gathered and ready to eat there was a knock at the door. Everyone was told to go answer it...
and there stood Maryn. This was Maryn's first Sunday with all of us so everyone was so surprised to see her!
She passed herself around to hug the whole family, but Grandma got the first hug!
Grandpa got the second hug and he almost squeezed Maryn's guts out.
Maryn was so happy to eat a home cooked yummy meal.
For Mother's Day, to satisfy the womanly taste buds, we had a big Salad bar.
It was fabulously yummy!!!
The highlight of the night was Dad giving Mom her Mother's Day gift. We all gathered around the table and those 2 got positioned just right. Then he proceeded to read a letter he had written to her expressing his love. He wanted everyone to hear it so we all knew how very much he loved his wife. He wanted to read it so there would be no question on what exactly he meant. There was emotion shown and so many special things shared. Even after so many years together he wanted every to know these things.
That will always be a special picture in my mind of hearing those special sweet words read by my dad to my mom. He is such a good example to me in so many ways. He sets the bar so high in my mind of how a man should treat his wife. He loves his wife so much and the many years they have had together. He is committed and devoted to my mom and that is such a comfort to see and a blessing to have in my life. It brings me peace. I hope that my children will carry that in their heart also of that special night when they felt true and lasting love expressed by their grandparents. I really do have the best parents ever.
I love being a mom. I always wanted to be a mom. When I was in Beehives I never really heard about how incredibly hard it is to be a mom but it is SO much harder than I ever thought it would be. I think if I was warned of the challenges then I wouldn't have been so excited for it. As difficult are the challenges it is also balanced by the wonderful joys. I can't believe how much I love my kids. I love them for all their quirky weirdness. I love them for their cuteness. I love them for their kindness and their tenderness and their good hearts and their love back to me. We have so much fun together and I am really trying hard to focus on happy and FUN lately.
Since I have been a single mom the emotional aspects of being a mom is a trillion times harder. The work is harder too.
But my love for them is also deeper. I hang on to them tighter. I hold on to their adorable faces more. I laugh with them a lot and think they are hilarious more than I did before. Heavenly Father has blessed me with a love for my children that is deeper than it was before my life turned crazy. Maybe it is because I know that each day is a gift. Maybe it is because I know that nothing is a guarantee or permanent. But, for some reason these 4 children of mine are what bring me so much joy right now. I won't lie that they also bring me grief too, but I focus more on the the happy blessing they are to me. I ache for them and the struggle that life is to them right now but we are sticking together and we are going to make it!!!! I don't know how or when but I know that no matter what, life will bring us all a lot of JOY that we deserve. Heavenly Father has some great things in store for us.
They are my kids and I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!
All day long Emmy kept saying to me, "A Mom is a Wow!"
As I thought about that I thought that really it is a WOW! Everything about being a mom is a huge, fat WOW! and I am grateful for that!
These ladies are such amazing women too. I am so happy to be among this group of fine mothers! Marianne and Danielle are so good in so many ways at being mothers. And my mom, she is a constant WOW with the way she lives her life. I am mostly who I am because of that WOW woman! Love her! And so happy to have spent this great Mother's Day with them.
Maryn and Ady decided to braid their hair together and then stay that way most of the afternoon.
They ran a relay with their hair braided that way. I love that they are friends and I love that they like to not act super cool when they are together. They are actually sorta weird.
Here are my beauties. I tell them every day that I love them more than chocolate... and that's a lot! Even though I need a piece of chocolate every day I still like them way way more than chocolate.
Dad wanted to help me feel extra specially loved on Mother's Day. On Friday when I was in the area he met me in a random parking lot so he could give me a dozen roses to enjoy for Mother's Day!! Soooooo thoughtful! So, I had lots of flowers fragranting my kitchen and this lovely sign that my kids made all combining for a super happy day making me feel like a very loved and special MOM. WOW!!
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