Hello Mother

Here it is, my Mother's Day post. 4 days late, I know, but better late than never right?

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Okay, so there was this young woman, about 18 years old, that got married and pregnant right out of high school. Her marriage wasn't the best of marriages, in fact it was one of the worst. She basically lived by herself and when the baby was born, not much changed.

(The young woman and her daughter in the hospital)

But she was an awesome mom! She lived her life for her daughter. When her parents moved away, she intended to follow. She took her 18 month old daughter and set off to move halfway across the country...away from the man that was still legally married to her, but that it was it. She planned on giving her daughter a better life.

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Yes, things at first, were a little rocky. She was still a young woman, that wanted to get out and spread her wings. So she left her daughter in the care of a wonderful family. This family became part of her daughter's life. Her daughter adored this family as well as the family adored her! But the young woman was still a mom first.

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The young woman met a man. This man had 3 other children from a previous marriage, but she didn't care. The young woman and the man fell in love and got married. The seperate families became one big 'ole chaiotic family. There were many ups and downs within the family, but that's normal in any family, right?

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So the young woman's daughter grew up and got into a marriage a lot like her mother's first one. The mother and her young daughter had a heart to heart and the daughter realized that she needed out of this marriage. Once out of the bad marriage, the daughter re-married a nice, handsome man that had also been in a bad marriage beforehand. The mother, after being re-married, had once told the daughter that a love between a mother and her children are different than that of a woman and her husband. The daughter never completely understood that until she became a mother.

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Once the daughter became a mother herself, her love for her own mother grew! The things that her mother went thru not only as a single, young mom, but with little help from her parents, made her daughter appreciate her more. The daughter still looks up to her mother, and prays that she will be able to raise an intelligent, beautiful, christian woman the way she has...lol!

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My kids are my life. Yes I love my husband, and yes I put God first as much as I can. But my children are still at the age where they need me! I love that...sometimes. When they get hurt, they need me. When they need to go somewhere, they need me. When they need to eat, they need me. When they need a change of clothes or diapers, they need me. When they need the TV channel changed, they need me. When they are upset, they need me.

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As much as I get tired of it now, I also realize that one day, they will NOT need me. Then what? When they get hurt, and they don't even tell me. When they need to go somewhere, and they just hop in their own car and go. When they need to eat, and just walk to the kitchen and fix something theirselves. When they need to go to the bathroom, or change clothes, and they just do it on their own. When they need the TV channel changed, and they just pick up the remote and do it by themselves. When they are upset, and would rather me die than talk to me about it.

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What then? Will they appreciate all things I USED to do for them, then? Will they realize how much I truely love(d) them? Will they strife to be a mother/father like I once was/am/will be? I can only hope!

(Hubby, Me, and Sissy in the hospital)

(Hubby, Sissy, Me, and Bubba in the hospital)

(Me, Bubba, and Sissy now....ugghh, I'm so fat!!)