Mother's Day!

Today was such a great day! Usually on this day we are busy busy running everywhere to see everyone and make sure we get time in with everyone, but today we decided to spend the morning and afternoon at home, just the four of us! Today was my first mothers day as a mom to two wonderful children. I can remember my first mothers day and how special it was. At the time my little Gracyn was only 6 months old but I remember looking at her that day and feeling such a strong and unconditionally love that I had never knew existed, it hurt my heart so much because of the overwhelming love that had grown in it for her. This mothers day I have two precious children to celebrate it with and I still have that "heart hurting" love for Gracyn and now my little Hoyt man. I cannot begin to put into words the feelings that I have when I see my children and the amount of love I have in my heart and soul for them! It's so easy to love them like I do when they listen and play well together and we have good days, but it's the rough days when nothing is going right and all day is a struggle that I can feel the love for them and the love they have for me. It would be so easy to get angry and holler, which occasionally happens, but I know there is a reason for those rough days and that we are all relying on one another to get through them and our love will always see us through!

On this day I cant help but think about my mother as well. When I think about my mother I always think about how strong and loving of a person she is. Growing up she was always there for every event me and my three sister's had and always encouraging and cheering us on. I now know how much she had to sacrifice for us and how much love she poured into us each and everyday, I never knew the true sacrifices until I was a mother myself, and I wish I knew it back then and would have thanked her each and every day for all she did. I can say with 100% honesty in my heart that I would have never, never made it for the three years that I've been a mother without her, she has been a constant strength and source of encouragement for me with every passing day. Thank you Lord for blessing me with such a strong, courageous, loving, and supporting mother for me to have, she has become one of my best friend and I am forever thankful to You for her!

On mother's day I also thank my mother-in-law. My MIL did such a great job raising her children and teaching them of the Lord and his promise to us! It is because of her that I have the wonderful husband that I do and I could not thank her enough for shaping him into the man he is today to me and to our children!

As a gift for mother's day I received the book Heart of my Heart and so far it has truly touched mine! It is so easy to feel forgotten as a mother or to feel as though all the millions of things that you do in a day are not seen or always appreciated but always remember He sees each and everything that we do, big or small, and He appreciates our time and efforts!

Whoever can be trusted with little, can also be trusted with much.

Luke 16:10

Thank you Lord for entrusting me to your precious children and being faithful in me and my husband to raise them in our earthly lives! I love them because you loved first!