Mother's Day

I have a tender spot in my heart for Mother's Day. It hasn't always been that way. For 25 years Mother's Day was a normal day I spent celebrating my mom. Today marks 6 years where I celebrate Mother's Day as a motherless mother. I don't pretend it's not sad, or that I don't have moments during this day where I wish I could call her, send her a card, or post a picture of the most resent picture of us on Facebook. I wish I could declare how much I love spending time with her, and love to see her being a grandma to my girls.

I love this picture. It reminds me that because of the temple and the priesthood power we have here on earth, I can see my mom again, and we can be a family forever.

I sat in church today and listened to an older mother in RS declare that she hated Mother's Day and has always asked her kids not to get her anything. Mother's Day was a joke where kids pretended to be good or love their mother's on just one day of the year. My soul ached. My soul ached because my mother isn't here on earth and I would give anything to share this one special day with her by giving her gifts and showing her how much I love her with hugs, kisses and words of love. It mostly ached for this mother's children. Mother's Day isn't just for moms you know! It's a chance for our children to show us they love us in ways they don't all the other days of the year. Its a chance for us to teach our kids that motherhood is AMAZING and such a special blessing that one day each year is dedicated to them. And for me, its a chance to teach my girls that motherhood is a sacred calling that one day they will hold.

Mother's Day is special to me, a sacred day in which we honor ALL mothers both here on earth and those who have completed the work they had here to do.

Mother's Day is not just for me, but for my children.

I hope they know how much I love them and how proud I am to be their mother. I am who I am because of Elley, Molly, and Addison. I will let them spoil me ALL day long. I will love the homemade cards, the pictures, the way Elley set the table all special for me, the kisses, the hugs, the foot rubs, the snuggles, EVERYTHING!!!

To my children: I will love and cherish every Mother's Day that I am blessed to share with you.