Happy Mother's Day!

A shout out to our moms.

Thank you for years of good advice. Thank you for waking up early morning after morning to make sure we were clothed and fed and taken care of. Thank you for waking up in the middle of the night to rock us back to sleep. Thank you for the meals. Thank you for making us special treats for our birthdays and for no reason at all. Thank you for the many sacrifices you made on our behalf. Thank for teaching us about life. Thank you for your patience. Thank for your discipline...I know that part isn't easy. Thank you for your example. Thank you for teaching us God's love and showing us his face. Thank you for volunteering in our classrooms. Thank you for reading to us. Thank you for always being honest with us and teaching us the value of trust. Thank you for healing our wounds both physical and emotional. Thank you for keeping us safe and protecting us from the monsters that lurk under our beds and in the closets. Thank you for orange butter coffee cake. Thank you for rootbeer floats when I had a sore throat. Thank you for teaching us how to sew and crochet. Thank you for listening. Thank you for teaching us the importance of going the distance, of not quiting when things get hard. Thank you for playing games with us. Thank you for forgiving us. Thank you teaching us to respect all forms of life. Thank you for teaching us tolerance. Thank you for teaching us the importance of taking care of ourselves. Thank you for all the times you clipped our nails when we couldn't do it. Thank you for mourning when we were sad and rejoicing in our happiness. Thank you for respecting and accepting our spouses. Thank you for always making us feel special and important and welcome. Thank you for all the birthday parties. Thank you for teaching us how to swim. Thank you for all of those gifts you gave us that went unappreciated. Thank you for allowing us to take you for granted. Thank you for changing our sheets...and our diapers. Thank you for cleaning up our messes. Thank you for making us clean up after ourselves. Thank you for cooking us broccoli and making us eat it. Thank you for making us turn off the television and pick up a book. Thank you for teaching us how to drive and how to save for a car. Thank you for coming to visit us. Thank you for loving our children even when they act like monsters. Thank you for loving us. The "thank yous" could go on and on, so...

Thank you for the decades of selfless love that made us who we are today.

We love you.

Happy Mother's Day!