Happy Birthday Mom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Today is my mom's birthday!  She will be here in 3 days and count down is on!  We have hopes to travel to Omaha for a few days so she can spend her time with both me and my sister.  According to the weather people, it's suppose to snow, ice, and all the wintery fun stuff.  Now any other day I would say bring it on BUT my mom is coming and I would really like to see her and spend time with her sooo, it's going to need to hold off until she has come and gone.

Snow, this is my serious face!  Back away until after my momma leaves! 

You know, I cherish those moments more now with my mother than anything.  It really urks me to see people misuse or take for granted their relationships with their moms.  My mom lives 12 hours away and if it was up to me or my sister, she would live next door.  I hear my co-works complain how their tired of their children always coming over to eat but they never want to cook for them or how they always drop the kids off.  I always say, you should be thankful that your kids come over because I wish I had my mom close enough to where I could go over her house for Sunday dinner (and Mon, Tue, Wed...).  Be thankful that you have grandchildren and can spend quality time with them.  I only wish I had kids that I could bless my mom with.  Then another co-worker can't get her only child (whose 45 yrs old) to come and visit, return her calls, or to even check on the house.  She told me, I even told them that when I die, they get the house, so at least come and check on it.  Nothing.  Wow!  I'm just in awe.  Now I am no saint myself.  I think about my mom daily but don't really call her but maybe twice a month.  My hopes is to be better than that and call at least once a week.  My sister calls her five times a day.  I could roll off excuses but there's not any worthy to not call my mom.

Words cannot express how much I love you mom.  You have always been there with me on this journey of life.  As independent as I am, I will always need your guidance, you love, your presences, your phone calls, and most importantly your prayers.  I may not show it but I think the world of you and I thank God for you and your life.  Through God's help, you have always been the backbone of our family.  I'm just like you in so many ways.  I would not be the woman I am today if it wasn't for you setting a great example to follow.  I love you always!

This old school song is for you...