Dear Mom...
It is just past midnight on Mother's Day - my thoughts are on you.
My thoughts are on the woman who brought you into this world and raised you to be the woman you are - the woman with the value set to raise me - to be the woman that I am. My thoughts are on the woman who brought my father into this world - who raised him to be the man of honor that he is. All amazing women - women that I love - women that I admire - women that I hope my daughters will see the qualities of when they look at me and my life someday.
Mom, you are the person I most rebelled against as I was growing up. You are the person that I fought so fiercely to "not become" when I was a teenager. You are the person who knew what I needed most in life as a teenager. You weren't there to be my best friend, you weren't there to be my "buddy" - you were there, to teach me right from wrong. You were there to set a moral example of what a Godly woman should look like. You were there when I was a complete and utter "B" word! You were there...You were ALWAYS THERE!
Now that I am older, hopefully a little wiser, and a mother to two girls of my own...I realize more and more the sacrifices, the pain, the love that you poured out....love that only a mother can give. You never gave up on me...you always held fast to the belief that I would come back to my roots, be the person you poured so much time and effort into raising me to be. I pray that I have lived up to that belief. I pray that I have become that person - a woman that you can be proud of!
To me, now that I am an adult...a mother...a wife...you are one of my heroes. You are a best friend - you are my soul mate. You are someone that I can not stop myself from calling several times a day, just to say hi! You are the person that I strive to become more like in my daily walk. You are a person that I love so deeply that it hurts to be away from you. You are a person that I feel like I have so much in common with that, at times, it is hard to not be annoyed by you (because darn it we are so much alike and I even annoy myself sometimes). You are ultimately, one of my favorite people on this planet. A person that if I were to look back at my life someday and see that I had become just like you....I would be proud! Very, very proud!
I love you mom! Happy Mother's Day - I wish I could be with you today!
My thoughts are on the woman who brought you into this world and raised you to be the woman you are - the woman with the value set to raise me - to be the woman that I am. My thoughts are on the woman who brought my father into this world - who raised him to be the man of honor that he is. All amazing women - women that I love - women that I admire - women that I hope my daughters will see the qualities of when they look at me and my life someday.
Mom, you are the person I most rebelled against as I was growing up. You are the person that I fought so fiercely to "not become" when I was a teenager. You are the person who knew what I needed most in life as a teenager. You weren't there to be my best friend, you weren't there to be my "buddy" - you were there, to teach me right from wrong. You were there to set a moral example of what a Godly woman should look like. You were there when I was a complete and utter "B" word! You were there...You were ALWAYS THERE!
Now that I am older, hopefully a little wiser, and a mother to two girls of my own...I realize more and more the sacrifices, the pain, the love that you poured out....love that only a mother can give. You never gave up on me...you always held fast to the belief that I would come back to my roots, be the person you poured so much time and effort into raising me to be. I pray that I have lived up to that belief. I pray that I have become that person - a woman that you can be proud of!
To me, now that I am an adult...a mother...a wife...you are one of my heroes. You are a best friend - you are my soul mate. You are someone that I can not stop myself from calling several times a day, just to say hi! You are the person that I strive to become more like in my daily walk. You are a person that I love so deeply that it hurts to be away from you. You are a person that I feel like I have so much in common with that, at times, it is hard to not be annoyed by you (because darn it we are so much alike and I even annoy myself sometimes). You are ultimately, one of my favorite people on this planet. A person that if I were to look back at my life someday and see that I had become just like you....I would be proud! Very, very proud!
I love you mom! Happy Mother's Day - I wish I could be with you today!
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