A Look Back on Mother's Day

So here is another reason why blogs are so great. I published a blog on Mother's Day talking about how I feel inadequate to express my feelings towards my mother. And many of your comments stated that my mom probably already knows. Why did I not think of this!? I feel silly now to admit that I honestly thought I needed to explain on each Mother's Day how much I love her. And like Leslie said, the English language is not good enough in situations like that. You cannot adequately express it. They just have to know! And I think my mother does, just like I know that my boys love me, though their extent of Mother's Day wishes were, "Happy Mother's Day! You are pretty!" I asked them why they loved me to see if I could get specifics, and their responses were, "Because you are my mother." That is enough. I do not need more because I already know that I am one of the most important people in their lives. And that feels good. So anyway, thank you for opening my eyes and helping me realize something I didn't think about before!!!!!!

And since we are back on the topic of Mother's Day, let me talk about something I wanted to post on Sunday, but didn't quite get to. Kyle and Jordan were born on May 5 and just days after, I had my first Mother's Day as a mother. Mike and my mother surprised me with this beautiful locket, that I absolutley love! It is one of the most precious things to me. It represents so much to me. But it is kind of funny because it's meant to have a picture of both Kyle and Jordan inside. When the twins were born, we did not have a digital camera and the pictures of the baby boys were not the greatest. Mike could only find one picture of Kyle small enough to fit inside, and that picture is one of the, I am so sorry, but ugliest pictures of Kyle! Jordan has not made it inside yet. But now that I have Adobe Photoshop power, I have no excuses to get two pictures inside of there. I will do it soon! Thank you again, Mike and mom. I really do love this locket.

Another Mother's Day gift I have received is this necklace. I am sure you have seen these before. I love mine. Thank you mom for another wonderful Mother's Day gift!
And one last Mother's Day thought. I remember months after Kyle and Jordan were born, I was feeling very overwhelmed and exhausted. I felt like I just couldn't do it! I told Mike, "Mike, I am not a very good mother." And he replied, "Yes you are! You are a great mother! You are mothering. You mothered on your first try!" I like to think about that when I feel discouraged as a mother. I mothered on my first try!