I'd like to take this post to thank a person who has been instrumental in shaping me to be the person I am today. The person who carried me around inside of her for almost 10 months and then spent over twenty-four hours bringing me into this world. My mom and my best friend. I am so thankful that God has blessed me and my mom with such an incredible relationship. As I was growing up my mom was never to busy to take the time to talk to me and listen to what I had to say. She never let me get in her way even if that meant letting me follow her around when I was a tiny tot and "help" her while she was cleaning. My mom made the decision to educate me at home and spent so much time investing time in doing so. But she taught me more than my Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. She taught me my need of a Savior and what it meant to love God with all of my heart and mind and soul. She taught me that we are not on this earth just living for the here and now, rather we are living for eternity. When I was very ill for several years she spent hours upon countless hours researching and taking me to different doctor's to figure out what was going on with me and what the best treatments were. Over the years I also saw my mom grow so much. It was such a great thing for me to see that. To see her freely admit her mistakes and see her grow in faith was and is such a testimony to me. When I felt that God was calling me to move across the country and do something that had never been on the radar my mom was such an encouragement to me. She didn't want to see me go, but she let me know that if I felt God was calling me she would support me. She has done a fantabulous job of that. Any time I need to call her and just chat she is there. When I get on a 5 mile bridge and start hyper-ventilating she is the person I call to get me over the bridge. When I crack my knee she is the person I want to get advice from. When a light goes on in my car that I am unsure of I text her to find out "what the light in your car is that looks like Aladdin's lantern with a drip coming out of it?' Needless to say, in the months since I've left home I've learned that you never outgrow your need for your mom.
Thank you mom for making the hard choices and investing so much into my life! Happy Mother's Day.
"I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my mommy you'll be."
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