Mother’s love

I was blessed to spend Mother’s Day with my threee favorite humans and the ones who gave me the Mother title. Although some days they drive me completely nutty, I love them with my whole heart! 

Date with Mom

On the heels of Mother’s Day, I had a moment to reflect on how much this wonderful woman means to me! I know I wasn’t always the easiest kid, but she sure did the one thing that mattered the most: loved me regardless. 

We had an opportunity to see her favorite rock band of all time-Bon Jovi at the end of last month. It was a great evening of drinks and songs and uninterrupted conversations at dinner (unheard of with our crew of 3!). A bittersweet night, knowing it was last spring we were supposed to see him, but Dad had other plans for us that day. 

We had an absolute blast singing songs and reminiscing about her love for Jon and his wild 80’s hairstyle!

Searching hard through photo albums, I located only a few pictures of the two of us. I’ve s mcd made a promise to myself to take more pictures with each of our kids. I love this candid shot, and the way her heart speaks out in her eyes. 

Thanks for a great night at the concert and a Happy Mother’s Day mom! 

Mother's Day 2017

Mother's Day this year happened to coincide exactly with Hope's college graduation (see previous post). I can't say that thrilled me much (commencement ceremonies aren't the most entertaining), but my mom....? she was pretty excited for that fact. You see, it meant that she got to spend ALL DAY with both of her kids and see her grand-kids. She lucked out I tell you! 

We are beyond lucky to call her mom. I laugh at myself when I split up my kids using my physical body, recollecting when my mom used to sit between Ben and me in church. I smile when the kids join me in the laundry room, thinking back to when I used to perch on the dryer and watch her iron clothes as we talked about the day. And I chuckle when I hear myself tell Ryan to "calm down" in dealing with the day's tantrum/tears/drama, because it reminds me of my mom's words to my dad. She's an amazing mom with patience of a saint and we love her to pieces! 

Following commencement, we were able to spend the remainder of the day pool side with a little back-yard BBQ to celebrate both Mom's day and Hope's graduation. I thank my lucky stars to have these 3 cuties call me mom everyday. I know that I joke about changing my name to dad after a long day of "mom!, mom!, mom!". But in the end, they warm my heart and make be proud to call them my children. I wouldn't want life any other way.
Happy Mother's Day!