So much is running through my head today. It’s Mother’s Day, my mom is no longer here on earth…she’s enjoying her eternal life with her husband (and mine); most importantly with Jesus. Yet as I’m the one left with the memories she truly was a person who tried to be the best mom she knew how. She was strong, an adventurer (in her own way), she loved her kids with everything she had. Not everyone can take on 5 kids life my mom could. I remember times when my brothers would go into the kitchen to bug her…I wasn’t there to see what they were doing, but I did witness, on many occasions, Mom having one by the ear, another by the hair and another by the finger, all yelling they were sorry…Yep she had them all under her command…a sign of true love from momma, don’t mess with her.

Was she perfect, um no, neither am I….far from it. But she never gave up. Our parents liked to wonder, we didn’t stay in one place for long, we moved a lot in my life time….I think it was in preparation for my married life…haha. She brought me into this world, when it wasn’t so ugly and mean. I think life was a little gentler, messy but normal. So in honor of my mom this morning, I will have a cup of coffee in a cup that reminds me of her and enjoy a quiet morning thinking of her.