Promised Post....

I love my mom. There is nobody like her. She is multi talented. like ridiculously so. and everything she does is perfect.  She can cook, bake, decorate, EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS, matter of fact in my VERY picky and fashionable opinion there is NONE better than sewing as she, sing, ministry leader and partner in so many areas, is spotlessly clean, ORGANIZED, incredibly smart, Write, Create, she is Beautiful,one of those people that can do anything she sets her mind to do, and she can do it well, probably better than any body else...... and good grief she raised me and survived that is saying alot!
When I was young, my mom was so self-disciplined that I just thought when you became an adult....you were perfect. The house was always spotless, you became a dedicated Christian upon marriage who read daily and prayed daily had that daily walk with God we all so desire.....never fought with your husband or even argued, and just knew how to raise your kids even when they were hard to raise!
GEESH was I ever wrong!
 But she was just so good at being who she was that I didn't know better. She shielded me from so much that when I got married and Life hit it was a shock to me! I am not saying she was perfect, and she will agree there are things she would go back and change if she could as we all would.
Even though we were poor I NEVER heard my mom complain about not having beautiful clothes or beautiful shoes like other women had, she never griped about the fridge being bare she somehow always cooked something out of nothing! Not that I liked it all but I was skinny enough then I didn't mind skipping a meal if I didn't like it. I don't recall doing that often unless it was that steak you bake with tomatoes.....*gagging*  I think it is called "swiss steak" *shiver*

Now that I am older, I understand her reasons for why she raised me as she did, and all though I raise my own kids differently in some ways, I am so thankful for how she raised me and there are some traits and expectations I pass along to my own kids. I am so thankful that she loved me enough to say no when she knew my "teenage" heart would hate her for it, I am so thankful she taught me that kids who do chores not only grow up learning how to take care of themselves but they learn to appreciate the time others spend on their behalf as adults, they learn to teach their own children to become self sufficient.
She also taught me some other valuable lessons:
~ No matter what I do, I want to be the best I can be at it.
~As a Christian, it doesn't matter if you have a position or what others say about you, Be Christlike no matter how they treat you.
~Spiritually speaking Take a "blow or arrow to the heart"   and just do what is right in spite of the friend, or person or even their "position".
~Be proud of your beliefs, don't back down when you feel the pressure to do so due to criticism of others, sinner or saint
~Do NOT under any circumstance, be one of those who sit and expect others to do all the work while you take all the glory and praise. DO your part, and if others get credit & praise & a good name for your ideas, your hard work and your talents...
~When the spotlight has went off, you still Wash the dishes, clean the toilets mop the floors & be thankful....
~ THINK OF OTHERS, DON'T Be self centered and Self absorbed.
~Cook or Bake for those that are lonely, broken, sick , needy, or just need somebody to say hey I care, I may not have the money to solve or answers but I do care.

I could go on and on on how wonderful my mom is but I will just sum it up with saying, She is an amazing lady, and I am thankful and proud to say I am her daughter! You will have to forgive me as I don't have a lot of pic of her, but here is one from this weekend taken with my dad, my BEAUTIFUL niece and my HANDSOME Nephew! ;) Happy Birthday, Mom! I love you.