Mothers Day

Mothers Day, it is not just for moms with children of their own but for those that long to be a mother, those that are waiting in the adoption process, those that chose life for their children as a birthmom, those that have lost children, and those that are mother figures to so many (godparents, aunts, grandma's, and great grandmas)

Yesterday I celebrated my first full year as a mom. This Mother's day although I wasn't at home with my mom was special because I wasn't sick and in the hospital like last year. I could hold my daughter, I could rock her while she watched the cap and gowns of University of Dayton graduates, and I could enjoy hearing her laugh, cry and talk during our road trip home.

As I think about how everyone celebrates mothers day differently, how many different motherly roles there are I think about how we learned all of these traits of a mother figure. It comes down from generation to generation. Whether it is picking up on something you never want to do as a mom (I guess that counts too) or in my case it's learning from the most loving, giving, unselfish mom of my own.

My mom taught me what it means to sacrafice for your children, what it means to work hard so we could have more, what it means to love with all your heart, and what it means to be proud of your role as a mother and truly embrace the gift that God gave each of us as Mothers, and she learned it from her mom, my grandma and Lydia's GiGi.

I am thankful for these women and what they have taught me about being a mother. I am thankful that being a Mother is one job that I am guaranteed to have for the rest of my life!