My Mom

What would a Mothers Day week tribute be without a tearful post about my Mom?

I went into the Hallmark store the other day. I had been avoiding it, but at the last minute decided I had to do it. Next year I am going to tell the Hallmark people they need more generic "Happy Mothers Day" cards. Sorting through them and reading ones on accident to a Daughter from a Mom about sent me screaming out the door. It would be less painful if I could go in there and buy 5 or 6 generic ones. Or if I could send one to Heaven, wonder what the postage would be on that?

I've realized something over the last few weeks, even though she is gone and I don't have a phone call for advice, she still teaches me how to be a Mom. I've caught myself asking, "What would Mom do?" a thousand times a day. I know the answer because I was usually the one being taught the lesson by her.

When I was about 12 I was sound asleep one morning during the summer. My Mom was outside mowing the lawn. She always mowed the lawn and then got the sprinklers on them. I can still smell it, fresh cut lawn and summer. It's like the ultimate reminder of a kids summer. All of a sudden a rock flipped up by the mower flew through my window. Glass had shattered everywhere. Of course my Mom didn't hear it over the lawn mower. I got up and stepped carefully out of my bedroom. I went and stood on the porch with the look of "Seriously?" on my face. She stopped the lawn mower and asked me what was up? We laughed and then spent time cleaning the glass out of my bed and the red shag carpet it was buried in.

It's moments like that when I would give anything to go back. If only I knew how important those types of lessons were, I would have cherished every second we spent together. But I still have them. I love it when a moment we had pops into mind. Sometimes I laugh out loud and sometimes I cry in a restaurant. What I do know is that I'm one of the luckiest girls in the world to have been raised by such a wonderful woman. The biggest lesson she taught was by example and it was that if you put The Gospel and your family first everything else falls into place. She was right. I'm really grateful for the 35 years I got her as my Mom.

Happy Mothers Day Mom!