I was FaceTiming with my parents recently and it is always funny to see Dad's face when Mom and I agree, say the same thing, or have done similar things. It happens a lot, but the reason he makes that face is because of how long I tried to fight it and because it's his fault:) He has created two monsters and he loves it! Right Dad?
Appartently when mom was a teenager Grandma would tell her that one day she would pay for the things she did by having a child just like her. Guess what!? I was that child. Growing up it was not always easy... I tried so hard not to be like mom because like every teenage girl I was usually pretty annoyed with her. When I got to college and I was one my own I would find myself doing things like my mom would and I would literally yell at myself. Slowly but surely I just gave in and accepted it. I can now say that I am like my mother in many ways. We still have some very big differences but a majority of the time I am like her and you know what? I am proud to be like her.
We call mom the General (she's not going to like this blog very much), because she tends to be slightly (HA) in charge. Don't get me wrong, my parents are very much so a team but mom likes to be in charge. My mom is one of the most loving, giving, stubborn, and Godly woman you will ever meet. (She's really going to hate that I am about to brag about her...)
My whole life our house was a revolving door of people coming over for dinner or just to hang out. When I was younger the teenagers at church would come over to hang out and I never understood why they thought my parents were so cool. There was never a time in my life where my parents told someone that they couldn't come to our house. If I wanted to have people over the answer was usually yes. Mom would make food and often if someone asked her to make something she would do it without even thinking. (She's an amazing cook, that is a quality I hope I can live up to one day.) Eventually my friends all grew to enjoy being around my parents too and now I see why.
My parents have a way of caring about every one. Doesn't matter who or when. Every Thanksgiving if there is someone that my mom knows is not with their family they will probably be with us. If there is a surgery for someone we know she is usually at the hospital. If someone is in need she will find a way to get them things.
My mom does things with her whole heart. This is a trait I most definitely have and some days it is a pain but it is also a very powerful tool. My mom loves people with her whole heart but most importantly she loves God with her whole heart. Sometimes her love leads to lectures but that is because she wants everyone to have God in their life the way that she does. If you are not at church she will notice, if she thinks you are doing something that is not good for you she will tell you and she is never afraid to let people know what is important to her. My high school friends still get small lectures from her when they visit. She never stops.
I discovered something this month that I guess is probably rather obvious, there are not many women in the world like my mom.
If you don't know I was working a lot of hours due to tax season. I was asked a few weeks ago to make chocolate éclair for dessert at work one night. Being like my mom I of course said yes. Little did I know nothing would go as planned and I would be making this dessert at midnight the night before. Difference between my mom and I, I was looking for some type of credit in the end which was something she would never do. I complained at work about being up late and just wanted to tell people what kind of effort I had put into it. I have seen my mom stay up late making food countless of times and never expecting anyone's praise. That is the difference between women like my mom and most women today. She is selfless. Nothing she does is really for her. It shows me I still have a lot of growing to do and makes me appreciate all the things she has done and continues to do for me.
I hope one day my kids see me as I see my mom. And I also hope that April gets the child like me:)
I love you mom! Happy Birthday:)
