Happy Mother’s Day 2007
Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there!
B has given me a perfect day. I am being reminded of what life was like before kids… (B gave me the day off to do exactly what I wanted to do!)
This morning I slept a little late and got up to give the kids a bath before getting them ready for church - while B was getting himself ready for church. After B and the kids left for church, I got myself a bowl of honey nut cheerios and sat down on the couch to watch tv. After finishing my breakfast, I went back to bed and dozed until 11, then got up to a long and hot leisurely shower. The kids got home as I was fixing my hair.
J brought me home from church a pink flower. Let me describe this flower… originally when B picked it up with J from his class, it was a long stemmed beautiful pink flower. By the time B and the kids got half way down the children’s hallway, the flower was missing a large petal. By the time they got to the end of the children’s hallway, the stem was broken in two pieces. Almost home free to the car and J falls down and crushes the flower. No, J wasn’t hurt, but he was devastated at crushing the flower that he was holding in front of himself. B said J kept screaming: “I wanted to give Mommy the pretty flower.” “Flower is broken.” “Want to give Mommy the flower.”
I thanked J for the pretty pink flower (that by the time B and the boys got home, the flower only had 3 petals left on the broken stem) and placed it in a small vase of water and put it on the bar in a prominent position of honor. What a sweet boy for it to be so important to him to give me the pretty flower. Thanks, my love!
The boys each gave me a bangle bracelet for Mother’s Day. C’s is orange with a pearl finish and J’s is pink with a pearl finish. They are both really pretty and will be used this summer a lot. I also got Michael W. Smith’s worship CD and my current favorite perfume - Juicy Couture.
After celebrating with the boys, I went to my parents and gave my mom her Mother’s Day gift and visited with my parents for awhile before going shopping - alone, by myself, quietly, while listening to MY music in the car as I drove. And this evening, I am going to go to the theatre - by myself - to see a chick flick, “Georgia Rule” as the conclusion to MY Mother’s Day.
Don’t get me wrong. I love being a Mom. Just every now and then, I need to be reminded of what a rested human feels like. I am refreshed and the house is picked-up. The boys have left for C’s choir practice this evening and I have done a little housework. I enjoy being a Mom. Knowing that the house is organized and the kids are clean and happy, because of me, is vital to my self worth. Just the day-to-day routine can get monotonous. Picking up the same toys and doing dishes doesn’t seem important sometime, but I have a day like today to reflect and realize how important I am and how important my role to B and to the kids is.
Thank you, B for letting me have today to remember why I wanted to be a Mom and for letting me get refreshed for another year of loving you and C and J!