I hope all of you mother's out there have a
very special Mother's Day tomorrow.
Mother's Day has always been a
bittersweet day for me in some
ways.
I love being a mother
to our beautiful inside and out
daughters, Jessica and Jaymie, who are
now adult mothers themselves.
What a blessing God bestowed upon me to be given the blessing of being their momma.♥
They live states away from us now,
so although I won't
get to hug them in person and spend time with them tomorrow,
they are forever a part of my HEART
and I'm sending them my hugs and kisses.
My own mother passed away 19 years ago,
the day after my 39th birthday.
-my mother and father holding little ole' me-
My mother had the most beautiful smile
and a kind heart.
When I was a little bitty girl, she would sing
and do little dance moves as
she cleaned the house.
I do remember how this would make me giggle
and would put a smile in my heart.
I knew she loved me.
But in her mid-twenties, she developed a
mental illness disorder that changed her life in many ways.
I tear up now just thinking about the pain she endured and how the illness
took her farther away from us.
Doctors know so much more about this illness now and how to treat it, than
they knew back then.
Families had very little knowledge
and support on how
to live with and help their loved one through
this illness at that time.
mom and me (1957)
On Mother's Day especially,
I always think
about the special things I remember about my mom, but
also wish I could have known her more
on a deeper mother/daughter level
that the illness masked from
being
all it could have been.
I'm so thankful for the time I did have
and for the times over the years
where the illness mask would
come down for a time
and her beautiful HEART
would always shine through.
One day I will see her again in heaven
as the momma I remember,
singing and dancing as she made me giggle.
Me, my 2 sisters and brother.
I'm the oldest in the back
with the too tight of a curly home permanent
my grandma gave me!
I don't know your mother story,
but I do know this....
whatever it is, be it wonderful, strained
or fair...that God can take
it, yes...all of it, and teach you good things
that will make you a better mother yourself.
He will use your life experiences,
( the good and painful)
to make you the person you are, the one
you want to be, when
you choose to allow him to help you.
I couldn't do it without him.
Love and Hugs,
1000 Thanksgiving Gifts continued.......
688. seeing yellow finches at my new birdie feeder
689. $10.00 off my new sandals
690. celebrating 37 years anniversary with my hubby
691. wonderful time with our grandchildren recently
692. the fragrant smell from our blooming lilac bushes
693. the special blessing of being Jessica and Jaymie's momma
