Mama. Thank You.

Mama. For 23 years I’ve had the joy of calling you Mama. Today is your day. The nation calls it Mother’s Day but the Lord also knows it as your birthday. In all your giving ways, Mama, this is a gift to you. Thank you!

Thank you for being in my corner. Every. Single. Day.

Thank you for showing the boys and me how to have a spiritual relationship with our creator.

Thank you for raising me in all things outdoors.

Thank you for letting the boys and me follow our hearts in where they called us and continue to call us.

Thank you for the most amazing childhood. I will treasure the memories forever.

Thank you for giving us everything you could possibly give the boys and me and more.

Thank you for showing me what it takes to be a successful farm wife and mother.

Thank you for always answering your phone. Even when I don’t need anything. I just want to hear your voice.

Thank you for all the hours put into helping with 4-H projects. I miss those days.

Thank you for instilling in me the love of gardening.

Thank you for loving Dad. I know that’s a tough one some days. 😉

Thank you for bringing out the true magic every Christmas season.

Thank you for forgiving me for the hurtful things I said in the hard years of my adolescence. I will always be sorry for those.

Thank you for always having an open door to home when I need some grounding from the busy, outside world.

But most of all Mama, thank you for ALWAYS loving me without a shadow of a doubt. My thank you’s could so easily go for miles. I appreciate you more than you’ll ever know. Today is your day and in all the things I missed, Mama, thank you. I love you.

Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Birthday.