For Mom

 

 

Somewhere in time, tomorrow, we celebrate Mother’s day. I don’t have children so I spend mother’s day with my mom.  I have been thinking back of some of the lessons I learned from my mother.  The childhood of my mother was difficult and at times she didn’t feel wanted or loved.  She chose to make sure her children never felt that way.

My mother taught me how to cook.  I’m proof that if you don’t use it you lose it.  While I was taught how to cook, my best dishes are sandwiches.

My mother taught me how to sew.  I used to make some of my own clothes but now I just buy what fits as long as it’s on sale.

My mother taught me when life knocks you down, you get back up again.  She wanted me to be strong because she knew firsthand the world can be hard at times.

My mother taught me to love my family. Family is connected through thick and thin and all the trials of life.

My mother taught me to care for those less fortunate and count my blessings.

The most important thing my mother taught me was to love the Lord with all my heart, mind and body. This is the lesson that helped me realize even if I don’t cook or sew, it’s no big deal.  When life knocks me down, I can reach up to my heavenly father and He gives me the strength to stand again.

Thank you Mom for a childhood where I always felt wanted and loved.

Proverbs 31:30 “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”

Happy Mother’s day Mom, I love you.