Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day everyone. Today I get to spend Mother's Day with my Mom :) I haven't had the opportunity to do that in several years. She also was able to spend a few hours this morning with her Mother, which again hasn't be done in several years. 

Yesterday Julian and I went to the store to pick up some Mother's Day flowers for Grandma. He walked into the Floral section at Costco and picked out the 2 dozen GREEN roses for my Mother. I thought "seriously, green roses? Can we please pick something more beautiful?" But, he picked them out and was dead set, green is is favorite color after all. As I put them in the cart, I thought "I love every dandelion he brings me. My mother will love her green roses." Then today I came across an article that I really enjoyed. The author was talking about her Mother and that she was a horrible cook, but that it was her imperfections that made her perfect. It reminded me of the green roses and how I hope to have a "creative-looking family unit" as well. You can find the whole thing here. But, here is a quote that I really enjoyed,

 "I'm no expert, but I'd say as long as your kids are smiling, laughing and learning about life and how to make the most of any situation, it really doesn't matter what your pot roast looks like or if Johnnie went to school with two different shoes on. What it boils down to is love and cherishing the time, however much you have, together.

To this day, tidy packages scare me. I prefer the creative-looking family unit, where it's obvious love abides, but sometimes there's just not enough time in the day to brush hair or turn on the oven. Mistakes are often blessings in disguise and a great opportunity to see imperfect people perfectly. After all, isn't that what love is?"

I want my kids to be treasured for the individuality. I want to be treasured for my individuality. I want to treasure JD for his individuality. I want it to be seen and celebrated.

I've been thinking a lot about how we can make our parents proud. My cousin posted an interview with her Mother (my mother's older sister) and it got me thinking. We come from this amazing line of wonderfully talented people. How can we possible measure up? How can we fulfill their legacy and leave behind a similarly outstanding one? 

My conclusion? Live to be who we are, daughters and sons of a Heavenly Father. We were each created individually and are expected to fulfill the measure of our creation. We can only do that by finding out what talents and skills we have been blessed with and develop those and continue to try new things. Believe in ourselves and believe in the guidance and assistance we will be given  from our Heavenly Father.  As we strive to become the best version of ourselves we will become more like our Savior Jesus Christ and our Father in Heaven as we were created in His image. 

Happy Mother's Day. I am grateful for a Mother who helped to teach me these things and who believes in me and who believes I can do and be anything I want to be. I am also grateful for the other Mother's in my life who have taught me many things and continue to help me learn in my life. I love you.