This morning I woke up to the sounds of Sarah asking me to open her present. At school, she made me a laminated blank calendar (with a picture of her on it!). Included was a dry erase marker so that the calendar can be used year-round. She also made me an apron at church in her Daisies class. She made herself an apron a few weeks ago at Daisies so now we have a matching set!! We can cook together & look cute doing it now!
Then came Samuel's gift. Since I helped his class make their gifts, I already knew what to expect (a personalized mug he colored & decorated) but I had not seen the mommy questionairre he filled out for me. It was really funny! For example, one of the questions said "My mommy looks most beautiful when ____". He wrote in "My mommy looks most beautiful when she's awake." LOL! Umm...ok....so I asked him to explain that. He said "you know..when you're asleep, your hair's all messed up & you drool on your pillow." LOL!!!!!!! The goober! All the answers on the questionairre were equally funny, but I won't share them all.
Savannah gave me a card she'd made at school. It was very heart-felt & not just some silly poem they'd had all the kids write. You could tell it came straight from her heart. :)
In church, all the kids came in & sang a song to us mommies. One of our pastors' wives gave a short testimony about Mother's Day---what it meant to her as a mom & the fact that it held some sad memories b/c she lost her mom when she was 7 or 8 years old. She went on to talk about Mother's Day being hard for moms who've lost children in one way or another and boy did I start crying. I really wasn't sobbing or all that overly upset.....but I welled up real quick and just couldn't stop the flow.
During our worship time, I prayed & prayed for Andrew and Kourtney. I prayed for God to make Himself known to them every day. I prayed for their grief today as they realize they've lost 2 moms in the past 2 years. I prayed for their connection w/ their new mom to grow. I prayed for them to see God's hand in everything that has happened these 15 months. As today there was no doubt a lot of talk of "moms" at all the houses across the nation, I pray that they had at least a brief memory of me that brought a smile to their faces. Maybe that sounds selfish or whatever....but I pray that they have happy memories of their relationship with me.
Last night was Sarah's dance recital. I couldn't help but feel a little sad that Kourtney should've been on the stage, too. I'm including pictures above of Sarah on the stage after the recital was over. She did a GREAT job!!!
When we got home from the recital, Larry had 2 more bouquets of flowers (he gave her the flowers in the pic above). The 2 he brought home were for me for Mother's Day. (insert collective "awwww" here)
Tonight we went to my mom's house & hung out for a while. I wuv ya mom! See the pic above for our 3 generation ladies pic. My mom, myself & the girls!
Love & hugs to all the mommies out there!
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