Mother's Day T13

I love my Mom and I'm so happy to be a mom. My mother gave me the guides of life and to this day she is the one who helps me through the roughest waves on this sea of life. Thank you Mom for always being there and for helping me be there for my kids! I LOVE YOU!


A T13 for Mother's Day. I'm a mom and I thought I'd devote this list to one of the greatest roles in life a woman could ever play. The joy and pitfalls:

1) Seeing that new baby for the first time and feeling so much love your heart will burst. Both of my children are amazing gifts (that even if occasionally I'd like to return) I adore with all my heart and am so happy their in my life.

2)Hearing them say Mommy for the first time. My son was early for everything and the first time he said momma I just melted. My daughter took longer to speak. The pediatircian worried about her lack of speech for a long time but when the dam finally burst DD spoke constantly. In fact I don't think she ever STOPS talking!

3) Watching them take their first steps. I was so excited when my children learned to walk. They were discovering more outside the world of my arms and able to see more than the floor. Back then it didn't occur to me that watching them take those first steps would lead to their eventually walking out the door to begin a life of their own.

4)Watching as they go up and be baptized as Christians who love God and want to share an eternity with Him.

5)Hearing them say I love you for the first time. Watching them grow, change and learn new things every single day. I look at pictures of my kids when they were little and wonder what happened to that little one who held me wrapped around their little finger. I'm glad that they growing healthy and happy but some days I miss those little hand prints all over the walls.

6)Imagining what their life will be like when they are grown. Will they happy? Will they be successful? How can I keep them from the pain that comes with growing up while still enjoying the happiness?

7)Letting them lead their own lives. This one is a tough one for me and maybe shouldn't have made the list but it is part of being a mom. I was always a Momma Bear. Mess with my kids I would tear you limb from limb but one day I learned I can't do that. It was one of the most painful lessons of my life. I had to step away and let them make their own mistakes so that they could learn life lessons on their own. All I could do was stand there and be there when they needed me.

8)Knowing that one day they wouldn't need me anymore. They would have the lives of their own and they would stand on their own two feet. I pray that I gave them what they needed to be strong and live those lives.

9)Laying awake nights when they go out with friends and trying to keep that worry from making me crazy. I still have a hard time letting my DD go places because of all the things that can happen but she's going to be 16 and she deserves the freedom to explore life on her own. I can only watch as she tests her wings while she learns to fly.

10) Watching my son grow, fall in love and plan his life. It's so hard knowing what struggles he is going to have to endure and that there is nothing I can do to make it easier on him. He's an adult and will soon have a family of his own. I don't know why this brings tears to my eyes but it does. The old saying "My son is my son until he gets him a wife" rings through my mind. I'm not the only wqoman in his life. I now have to share that role with a very sweet girl but its so hard sometimes. I remember him holding my face in his hands, kissing my cheek and saying "I'll never leave you mommy." I knew he had to one day I just never thought it was going to be so soon.

11)Knowing that one day my daughter will be grown and gone with a family of her own too. She's talking about prom dresses, other dances, going to the malls and shopping, going to movies with her friends and I watch as she pulls away from me a little further every day.

12)Hearing their key rattle in the front door. Silly isn't it? Knowing that on the other side of the door my child is waiting to come in and hug me.

13)Knowing that one day my children will have children of their own and bring babies back into my life. I hope I've done what I can to teach them the way to live their own lives and how to do their best. To watch the next generation of our family grow and loving them as much as I do my own children. I just don't want to be called that G-word until I'm much older.