I Love you Mom!

Dear Mom,

Thank you, for the standards you instilled in me and the knowledge that you taught me. You strengthened me in every way possible and showed me by example how to be a disciple of Christ. You loved us and you were happy everyday, despite our messes and tears and grumbles and fights. For a mother of five you never once let us down and you were always on our side. You fought for us, when it seemed no one else would. You were a friend, when everyone else was gone. You comforted us, when the world seemed to be against us. You were always there to hold our hand and give us a hug. Mom you have never left my side. And I thank you. 

Motherhood is the greatest potential influence in human society. Her caress first awakens in the child a sense of security; her kiss the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world. Thus in infancy and childhood she implants ever-directing and restraining influences that remain through life.

--David 0. McKay 

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

-- Washington Irving 

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This year was about me too! And last year all I had to symbolize my motherhood was a very large baby bump. This year my boy is close to turning one and I have never learned so much in one year before. What great love I have been blessed with. I have been taught patience and diligence. I work hard to keep my baby happy and sometimes I am so tired it is hard to believe that my baby can wake at 7:00 without any sleep the night  before. But life is a joyous adventure and I am grateful to fill it with my life as a mother.  

I'd rather be a mother than anyone on earthBringing up a child or two of unpretentious birth...I'd rather tuck a little child all safe and sound in bedthan twine a chain of diamonds about my [carefree] head.I'd rather wash a smudgy face with round, bright, baby eyesThan paint the pageantry of fame or walk among the wise.-- Meredith Gray

I've carried a child within my body. I've slept with a baby on my chest. I've kissed bruises and mended frightened hearts. I've hushed cries and wiped tears away. I've watched my baby fall and then succeed. I've been puked on, peed on, pooped on, bled on, and spent sleepless nights with my boy. But I wouldn't have it any other way. My body is far from perfect, but when I look in the mirror I see a MOM, and there is no greater honor or blessing!(I came across a quote like this and I changed it to depict my experiences as a mother).

June 3, 2010 I became a mother to one AMAZING boy.

I love him so much and knowing he is part of our family for eternity is the greatest blessing in the world. 

Connor is 3 months in these Mommy and Me pictures...

Being a mother is not always simple or easy but it is the most rewarding life you can live! 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!