Mothers

Tomorrow, Mother's Day.  With a new granddaughter and another on the way, I have been thinking a lot lately about mothers.  First, my mother.  I remember when I was a junior homecoming maid.  After working 8 hours each day, my mom sewed a formal gown and 2 informal dresses for the homecoming activities and dinners.  When it started raining that day, she spent money that should have gone for something like, maybe food, and bought me a wonderful raincoat. No one would have known that the dresses I wore were home made rather than store bought.  I also remember when Eric was sick with chicken pox, she came to our house to take care of him while Mike and I worked.  During that week, she taught him to play canasta while caring for him and loving him.

I also have been blessed with a wonderful mother-in-law.  She raised a wonderful, caring son who is the best husband a woman could hope for.  She has always treated me as another daughter, loving me as she loves her own.

Now my daughter-in-laws.  One is already a mother, loving and caring for both of her children while working as a nurse. The other is is a mother-to-be, waiting for the arrival of grandchild number three for us.  I am so fortunate to be a part of these miracles.  And I am so fortunate to have the most wonderful daughters (Mike is correct in saying they are our daughters, not daughter-in-laws) who take me into their lives the way they do.

Mothers.  I pray that every child has a loving, caring, wonderful one like the ones I know.