This morning, I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed or something. . . Not sure exactly what the deal was. I am certain that certain things . . . like my birthday, Christmas, Mother's day are super important to me. I don't want to be forgotten on those days. Skip wishing me a happy birthday, especially if you live with me or if you're a super close friend? That would be bad.
Anyways, I heard the best Mother's Day sermon EVER. Did not hear about some sort of exemplary model mother. Rather, Pastor Kevin Navarro presented four reasons for thanking us as moms. I was not prepared to hear this sermon and cried through most of the points/reasons he presented:
1. For bringing us into this world.
Seriously people. Giving birth, whether method (vaginally, C-section, naturally, with epidurals, whatever), is a huge deal. And the delivery portion is just the tip of carrying a growing and developing person in utero for nine months or however long a mother-to-be carries the little bugger.
2. For all the sacrifices a mother makes to take care of children - ranging from vocation to sleep.
People, I get slammed ALL THE TIME for "not having a job" or for "not being employed." Are you kidding me? When people ask me where or whether I'm employed, I most certainly do not want to respond by saying, "yeah, I'm unemployed." What the crap do you think I do everyday? Sit on my tuff and pick my nose? Let's see, I don't even know where to start. Doing laundry that seems to never end, cooking food that doesn't stay around for long (because our entire family is FAMOUS for the quantities we eat), washing seemingly endless amounts of dishes, paying bills creatively, tidying up a place that seems to self-multiply in clutter, cleaning things that get dirty as soon as I clean them, taking care of my children's pressing as well as not-so-pressing needs, yadda, yadda, yadda. Of course I am employed. I work around the clock, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, without a break and without a paid vacation! Sleep, I cackle in laughter when I hear about people who sleep until noon. I have no earthy idea what that is like; it was so long ago. Hobbies are a thing of the past for me, for the most part, not because I no longer take interest in the same things, but because I just don't have enough time in the day to do everything. The needs of my husband, followed by the needs of my children, come before my needs most of the time. Disclaimer: certainly God comes first and foremost in my life.
Any hoo, after church, Troy reloaded my Starbucks giftcard for Mother's Day. Then we went home, got the girls' their lunch and proceeded to make our lunch together. On the menu? Lobster tail and asparagus, served with rice. Both of those were on sale at Sunflower Farmer's Market. YEAH!
Are you jealous, yet? It was SO mouth-watering tasty and absolutely heavenly.
After that, we took the girls to a nearby park so Isabella could slide to her heart's content. She, like me, is ever cautious in approaching new things that may seem to be physically challenging. Up until a few days ago, she had been sticking pretty close to swinging and nothing else. She'd slide down the slide with us but not by herself. Troy got her warmed up to sliding on her own, and here she is, having a blast!
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Happy Mother's Day, from our family to yours.
Hope you had as blessed day as we did. Best wishes to you.
