My Mom

I really don't ever get a chance to brag about my mom, so I thought I would take a second to do just that. I have one amazing mom, she is a great grandmother, wife, friend and mom. She has always put everyone else before her needs. She serves and gives to others like I've never seen before. She has a huge heart for the Lord. My mom growing up and still does run a daycare through her house. Not only did she have four kids of her own to raise, but 7 or 8 others that she took care of. One of her regular days would look like this; getting up at 6am the first kids arrives. Making breakfast for everyone. Making sure lunches were prepped and ready for us to head off to school. During the day with all of the other daycare kids, she has a structured day that has the kids rotating from different activities. Not most people would not be able to handle this, you should see her in action. Even though she has a house full of kids, she takes care of 5 animals, does laundry, keeps the house super clean and make a 4 course dinner every night. Now that us kids are all grown up you would think she'd be sick of kids by now, but no, shes not! She still takes care of kids and ALWAYS makes time for her grand kids. I know, I'm amazed at all that she does! Really there is so much more she does during the day for others it's hard to list it all. you would think after doing daycare all day she wouldn't want to be around kids, but that's not the case at all, she calls and begs us to bring the kids by so she can be with them. As you can see my mom is very selfless. The other thing I admire about her is her faith in God, she prays about everything. Even growing up if she lost something in the house and couldn't find it, she would pray! Pray! Pray! Pray! That's what she modeled for us. She is a giver beyond words can say. When we are struggling, she has always provided my kids with clothes, toys and food. Even when were not struggling she is always blessing us with something. The other thing I love about her is that she makes friends everywhere she goes. We joke around about this a lot because we can be in a grocery store, on vacation, at a gas station or just about anywhere and she LOVES talking to strangers. By the time we leave the store she becomes best friends with people she meets in the check out line. I know the list goes on. I can write a book about her, but I won't for now. This is just a glimpse of my mom. I can only hope and pray that I am like her someday. She is one of my biggest hero's my life.