Mother's Day

It's my 10th Mother's Day today. The first being 6 months pregnant with my oldest son, Adam. But I counted it because afterall, I could very much feel his little life within me! What a feeling :) I loved being pregnant (minus the vomiting and pains) - part of the reason I have five!
I'm so glad I have my own mother alive and well today :) And I'm so thankful, too, that I have my five beautiful children with me as some friends do not have that themselves.
Be sure to thank your mother for your life today if nothing else. But if you have a relationship with your mother please make a big to-do about this day! Make her feel *Special*! It's a day to honor and love and show love for our mothers! Buy or pick some flowers - almost no woman doesn't love flowers or at least appreciate them. Buy (or tastefully make) a card that's thoughtful and says something you would say or mean. Give her something sweet to eat :) Be it a whole dinner, cookout, or dessert together. And make sure you rib your brothers and sisters to remember her on this day, too. And parents - teach your children how to do this for their mother and later father! If we don't they won't know how fully to bless someone!
My own children were so sweet to be planning and making me their little cards from notebook paper. Some colored, some in pen, some in pencil. The little misspellings and crooked letters, stick people, and flowers they picked from the yard are just so precious to me. Completely designed on their own and they worked so hard on them. So sweet :) I'll keep them forever! My husband also bought me a TiVo which I was quite surprised about. I would never have thought of that as a gift but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Not a very personal or feminine or motherly gift exactly, but I'm glad he at least thought of me ahead of time to purchase something like that. And I know that it's something that the whole family will enjoy. I'll be very happy to cut out the commercials that I always have to tell the kids to turn away from! And to have ready movies for our weekly Friday night movie & pizza tradition... documentaries to watch later... late night shows & movies I can catch at a good time.

Have a great Mother's Day and make someone's day special! :)