Mother’s Day 2016

I can’t resist getting matching outfits.  I just can’t…. It’s silly, I know.  I feel like now that I’ve started, it’s going to happen every Mother’s Day.  Even when Mollie is thirteen and I have to drag her to church with matching mom.  It’s going to be great.

This year, it was just super sweet.  I mean…. super sweet!

I always have mixed emotions on this day...

I have been so blessed to have the most caring mother. Always sacrificing and loving me, and my brothers, with patience and grace. She is simply the best!  I can never thank her enough for everything she has done and continues to do for me and my family.  It has been so sweet to see her come up every Tuesday for her time with Mollie.

But I also know girls that haven't been so blessed. This day is full of longing and wandering what ifs and whys.

I have also been beyond blessed to have the sweetest daughter in the world. Every day is a joy being her mom and I praise God for every single minute. She is simply the best part of our lives and I am so grateful for her.  She makes Mother’s Day awesome for me, for sure!

But I also know what it is to long to be a mother. My heart hurts for these ladies.

And lastly, I have been even more blessed to have the greatest Grandma and Nana. These two ladies have loved me since even before I was born and I'm so grateful for their influence in my life. It has been hard to watch Grandma fade away right in front of my eyes.  I don’t visit her very often, but when I do, staring into her blank eyes breaks my heart.  I don’t know if she’s in there or not, but I pray she’s not.  Then, Nana is still crawling down on the floor to play with Mollie and all her great-grandkids.  She is always praying for us and thinking about us and I am so grateful that we still get to enjoy her light in our lives.

All these ladies…. in plenty, in want, or in need… are an encouragement to me.  I don’t forget how blessed I am, that is for sure. 

At our Mother’s Day Breakfast at church, Tonya reminded us all that we are lovely.  I am lovely.  Loved by the King, and made righteous through Jesus! He sees me right where I am. May He always be my joy and comfort.