Mother's Day

Wow, Mother's Day has always been looked at as a sweet holiday, I have been able to share my birthday with is a few times. This year was one of those times. I started to be pretty excited about sharing my birthday with a day that also celebrates me but all moms. That was until I found out my hubby wasn't going to be home for it like we were told. It started to look like a sad boring Sunday.

After thinking about it and reflecting in bed that night back to the day I had I realized it wasn't a bad day, maybe I didn't have my honey with me but, he was in the air on his way. I also for the first time got to share my Birthday with Mother's Day and this time I was actually a mom. I woke up to 2 smiling faces, one of which even sung me Happy Birthday and made me  a Mother's Day gift at church. I got to go to church which is one of my favorite safe places, and I got a phone call from one of my closest friends who just happened to be free to call me! 

In church someone gave a talk and in that talk they said Mother's Day isn't just about those who have bared children themselves but all of those women who have ever loved or helped a child. That really got me to thinking about Not only My Mom, Aunts and Grandma's but the other women in my life that influenced me. The first of which to pop into my head, was a very loving, fun, generous lady who left this world behind just a few weeks prior to Mother's Day, in a few days she would of been 97 years young.  She was not only my music mentor, who drug me and many other children, teens and adults all over Oklahoma and the surrounding states to entertain people with our voices and smiles, but she was a loving mentor in my life and the many many lives of those who knew her. I regret that I didn't make it to Oklahoma until a few weeks after she was layd to rest but Ersel Kidwell was a woman who saw many years. She saw many wars and much violence, Many presidents and leaders that have come and gone, she out lived many friends, much of her family and even many famous people. She was bright and vibrant and full of creativity and fun. I wish so badly that we lived closer so my children could of enjoyed and experienced Ersel Kidwell like I was so generously blessed to..

I thought about many other women that have influenced my life through the short 22 years I have been here and if I begin to list them I will forget someone so I will leave it with anyone who made me laugh so hard I cried or who put me in a corner to help me learn or just held me until I felt safe and better. You are the women that I thank this Mother's Day along with my Aunts, and Grandma's and of course my own wonderful Mother. Now I couldn't possibly finish thanking people who helped me without thanking those women who helped raise and influence the life of my wonderful hubby Caylon, whether it be His Mother Pam, his Step Mom Janet (and those in between) or those women that helped him along his way those of you deserve a huge thank you to, for making him the man I fall in love with every day!! Thank You

Something I starting thinking about was those that just in the four years I have been a mom myself have influenced the lives of my children. I have a huge I Love You to a great deal of women but I want to thank one person in particular Sarah Clay. She not only is my Best Friend, but she is Aunt Sarah to my children and always will be. She was blessed to celebrate her FIRST Mother's Day this year and I am more then ecstatic for her. She has been there for my kids whether it be to just hold their hand or read them a book. She has helped take them shopping, or to the doctor. She has babysat them, and loved them. She has taken them without question and she has taught them so much. It is funny, for years she said she didn't know what kind of mom she would be but every time I saw her with Ri-Lee I knew what kind of mom she would be. She has such a big heart for everyone, she is generous and loving, she sees the good in people when we all know I see the bad. She lives the best she can through Christ you can see that. She has helped Ri-Lee say her prayers and every night Ri-Lee is sure to included Sarah and her awesome family in her prayers. Though Sarah will be moving to the other side of the country I know she will continue to love and care for my children, just as I will love hers..

There are so many wonderful Mother's out there that I could write about, whether they be related or not. Being a mother is the toughest, most rewarding thing I or anyone can ever do! To all you Mom's out there, I love and RESPECT you!!

Happy Mother's Day!!