Happy (Belated) Mother's Day!

It feels like forever since I've posted something! But now I finally have my laptop up here at work, so although the wifi is a little sketchy at best, I'm hoping to write some more posts as the summer goes on.

I know I'm super late on writing this, but it needs to be said.

My mom is one heck of an awesome woman.

I've had random people I meet say they know my mother, and all they have to say (and go on and on and on about) is how nice she is, how loving she is, and how great of a person she is. I'm glad I have such a person to follow and try to model my life after, even though they're pretty big shoes to fill.

I'm grateful that my mom didn't have to work when I was growing up, and that even though she could have done well for herself and we could have had a lot more, she valued being a stay-at-home mom over everything and anything else. The well-being of her kids was more important than a glamorous home, ritzy vacations, or spoiling us. I always could count on coming home to a mom who wanted to hear about my day, or would teach me how to draw and color, play the piano, or make jam from the berries my brother and I would pick together in the backyard. I didn't realize how much work and effort (and sacrifice) it takes to be a mom, and my mom went above and beyond what she had to do.

My mom does everything out of love. Every single thing. Now that I'm at the stage of life where friends are getting married and having children, I can start to see how much work and effort goes into mothering, and how exhausting it must be. However, because of my mother's example and hard work, I can see that a good mother can be the change of good in the world we need today.

I hope one day when I am married and have kids of my own, that I can look at my mother's example and raise them the way she raised my brothers and I. I know it hasn't been easy, and her job is still far from over, but I appreciate and admire everything she has done not only for me, but for people around her that she serves and wants to get to know better.

Thank you mom, for being the kind of mother I've needed and for being such a great example to those around you. You truly are amazing, and I love you a lot. :)

Happy (Belated) Mother's Day, Mom.