Mother’s Day

I am so incredibly blessed to be mom to these three amazing children of mine. 



They challenge me, exhaust me, sometimes frustrate me to no end… but they also make me laugh and fill my heart with immeasurable joy and a love that I never knew until God brought them into my life.

And I’m thankful for some amazing women in my life that have surrounded me, loved me, and honestly carried me through some pretty difficult times. Ladies, I consider you my friends… my peers (in other words, I’m not trying to call you old 😉)  but I also want you to know that I believe God gifted each of you to me to help heal a deep wound in my heart and fill the void of not having a loving, nurturing mother for most of my life. 

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing women and moms who might be reading this… but you women especially will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you for supporting me, loving me, counseling me, accepting me, and for being an example to me of the mom (and someday grandma) I want to be in my own children’s lives. You ladies mean more to me than you know. 









(Cindy... we apparently need to take more pictures together! I had to go all the way back to the days of our Pinterest group to find one of both of us together!)


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