Mother's Day

Yesterday was the best Mother's Day so far! I had a wonderful conversation with my Mother (as usual) and not only did my Daughter call but my Granddaughter was awake and I got to speak with her as well! She was fussy and happy but best of all I got to hear her voice and my daughter had us on speaker phone briefly and she could hear my voice. As grand as all that was it gets even better! I was blessed in a way that is so great there is no one word to describe - I had the opportunity to hear my beautiful little girl being a Mommy to oh so precious grand baby.

What a thrilling day it was. The only thing that could have surpassed these events would have been if all four generations could have been under the same roof. One day soon I pray that we will have the opportunity. I have had some fantastic Mother's Day gifts over the years. My daughter was very artistic and clever each year as a small child and created a gift for me each year. And yes, I still have them all along with all the letters she wrote me while we were apart. I treasure them as much today as the day I received them.

I am so looking forward to getting what ever Madison has for me as her grandma just as my Mother did from Katie and my Grandmothers did from not only my sister and me but our children as well.

You know, people sometimes say (myself included) that getting old sucks. But with events like these getting older doesn't seem as bad. For those of you with children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles etc. enjoy them as much as you can. The gifts of this Mother's Day may not seem like anything to some, but trust me when I say that it's the little things in life, those personal things, that will stay with you for all time. They are also the things that will keep you going when you feel like giving up.

I hope all the Moms reading this had as wonderful a day as I did and hope we continue having them. After all, the heart has a lot of room for precious memories like those :)