My Mothers

This Mother's Day, I remember and am thankful for...

• my mother's voracious love of reading and how surely that had its effect on me.
• 25-cent Nancy Drew books at the used book store.
• a mom that let me read Nancy Drew books out loud to her.
• handmade dresses that appeared like magic in my room on Sunday morning.
• boundaries...though I may not have liked them at the time.
• making me wait to get my ears pierced, believing that if you grew up too fast you didn't have anything to look forward to later.
• making my 12th birthday fun and special.
• a mom that stayed up finishing my science homework so I could go to bed.
• someone to remind me to relax when I get too uptight and take myself too seriously.
• homemade birthday cakes even when we wished for "real" (i.e. store-bought) cakes.
• help with dioramas. 
• a handmade wedding veil, even if it only survived the first part of the ceremony.
• help with my babies.
• someone who drives two hours just to plant flowers with my girl.
• someone to give my girl a dollar (or five) every time they part ways.

I'm also thankful for...

• being completely loved and accepted from the moment KJ spoke my name to you.
• having a loving and affectionate husband who loves Anne of Green Gables, Andy Griffith, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.  (I think we know where he got those traits.)
• being put on your family cell phone plan before I was even a Pugh so KJ and I could talk freely during a semester apart.
• my first set of Scripture plates.  I still love them.
• Marriage 101 e-mails during our first year.
• free baby-sitting so KJ and I can go on dates.
• magical memories for my daughter.
• helping me play the "glad game."
• Love, love, and more love.

I'm so grateful for your lives.

Your children call you blessed...

and that gives me encouragement that one day

it will "happen to me," too.