My Mommy

I typed up this post a week before my moms birthday and told her not to read it until her birthday...it never showed up. So now it's a "happy belated birthday mom".

Life has been crazy lately. There are so many worries and stresses...especially financially. Raising two kids (in diapers), with one on the way and being a stay-at-home-mom, isn't easy. With tears and a great fear of failing I called my mom. That phone call that morning was such a blessing because God took all of the light off me and shone it completely on my mom. So many people are telling us that we need to stop having kids, that a big family isn't an option for us, but not my mom. she encourages more kids, an unlimited amount actually. Why? Because she did it. She was single mom our entire childhood, I remember her financial worries were greater than mine are right now and she did it. How? She stayed strong in her faith. In the lowest parts of her life you still saw my mom praising God through raising us (her kids) to praise Him. My mom stayed faithful because she knew God wouldn't leave her. I once heard this said, "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil...there needs to be a light for there to be a shadow and that light is our Lord and Savior". How encouraging, we should always know that there is a light in our darkest times in life and that light is Christ. My mom demostrated this so well throughout my life that she is my constant encouragement.
Thanks mom. You mean so much to me I honestly don't know what i'd do without you. You ARE the best mom!
I love you so much.