Happy Mother's Day (Early!)

I knew that if I didn't post this now that I would most likely forget and then be wishing I would have taken the two minutes on Friday night to have gotten it posted.

The best thing that has ever happened to me next to making Jesus my Lord and Savior and meeting and marrying my best friend, Ed, is that I am a mom. I love being a mom to David, and I love learning alongside him. I count it a privilege and an honor that God picked me to be David's mama (as he so affectionately calls me these days).

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers and mothers-to-be. I am thankful to say that I have a step-mom in my life that I am privileged to call mom. While she will never replace the mom that I lost so many years ago, God has sent her to me to fill many voids that happened after my mom's death in 1985. I am honored that my step-mom, Mary, calls me her daughter and that I can call her mom. When I introduce her to people, I introduce her as my mom. When I introduce my step-brother and step-sister to people, the step-portion is nowhere to be heard. Even though we are not biologically related, they are my brother and sister. I am proud to say that we have gelled as a family unit and that we care for one another deeply.

While reading an e-zine that I receive on a weekly basis, it had this acronym for mother:

M: Mentor, Manager, Mediator, Messenger, Mender

O: Organizer, Opinion-maker, Organist, Overseer, Ombudsman

T: Taxi Driver, Target, Teacher, Teammate, Truth-teller

H: Helpmate, Historian, Heroine, Housewife, Healer

E: Encourager, Entrepreneur, Enabler, Enforcer, Edifier

R: Rescuer, Remodeler, Rewarder, Referee, Restorer

Be blessed and have a wonderful weekend celebrating your moms and being moms!