I know everyone says their moms are the best but I can truly say my mom is the best and I know Heavenly Father knew I needed her throughout my life. She is everything I want to be when I am a mother. One of the many qualities she posses that I love is her love for service. Growing up I never really thought too much about her taking meals to those who were sick or were going through a hard time. In fact I just thought that's something the Mormons do. When someone is sick you take them stuff. Maybe that's why I always wanted to get sick! ha I knew I would get food!! Just kidding! I had an experience with my mom last Summer that has changed my whole perspective on her as a person. There was a lady in our church who was going through a really rough time and I knew my mom had been visiting her but I didn't realize how much she had truly grown to love giving service to this woman. One day in the summer, my mom asked if I wanted to come with her to take this woman some vegetables she had gone and picked from her garden. I agreed I would ride along and decided to go inside and visit with this woman when we got there. Watching my mom give service to this woman and watching her gain this friendship with her made me think directly to our Savior Jesus Christ. She loves giving service and has instilled this love for service in me as I have grown older.
Another wonderful thing I love about my mother is she is my absolute best friend. I just love doing things with her! One of the things I miss most about living at home was having pillow talk with my mom. After every date or "hang out" I went on she would sneak in my room the next morning and lay next to me and ask me everything about it! She wanted every detail. I don't know if she realizes it but those mornings were some of my favorite memories I have of my mom. Still to this day I call her every day! haha I think that's ok right? A 21 year old calling her mom every day? It's FINE!!!! ha. We just have the funnest time together. She is hilarious! She can walk into a room full of people and just make everyone laugh. She has made all of my friends feel comfortable at our house. Growing up there weren't a ton of LDS kids so when they came over to our house for the first time I think they were a little bit uncomfortable but not for long because my mom was everyone's mom. Sometimes my friends would just go over to my house to see my mom and not me! I was a little upset at first haha but I don't blame them. She's a cool lady!!
 |
| And did I mention she's a BABE! All my guy friends had a crush on her! |
My mom is such a hard worker. She was a stay at home mom all growing up and I absolutely loved it! I would not have had it any other way. She took care of us kids and made being home a sanctuary for us away from this crazy world we live in. She took care of the house, did our laundry and made us some yummy dinner! She also is not one to sit out when it comes to yard work, in fact she loves to do it and does it today! She is always up for working hard and going 100% on any job she is given. Even though she works hard she loves to play hard! She is always up for doing any type of competitive game, camping, hiking, anything! You name it and she is up for it. She is such a fun person to be around.
 |
| We get REAL competitive with each other! |
One of the greatest things I love about my mom is she and my dad are literally our #1 fans. They both rarely missed a game we played in, any award ceremony we had or any school function we were involved in. In fact I remember it was my senior year and it was senior night for our soccer team so the parents were asked to be there early to walk with the seniors down the field. Well my mom hadn't been feeling well that day (and when she isn't feeling good you know it's BAD!) so she said I am going to try my hardest to get there. In my mind I was fine with it! I knew she wasn't feeling good and honestly wanted her to get feeling better rather than come and walk down the field. Well it was like two minutes before they started announcing names and she wasn't there. But right as they started calling my name I saw her running.... LITERALLY RUNNING down the sidewalk to get there on time. She made it just in time! That crazy lady is the greatest. I don't know what we would do without her.
 |
| This was my relay my mom surprised me and came to cheer me on! |
I know I have told a bunch of stories already but I am going to end this tribute with one more that will stick in my mind forever! Last August I really wanted to run a half marathon and I wanted my mom to run it with me. My mom has had knee problems the last ten years or so and still continues to exercise. I don't know how she does it but she's superwoman. Anyways, she decided she would do this half with me as the last hurrah! So we began training. Well she did not so much me haha. I was going to school and rarely found time to run. the most I ran before the half was 7 1/2 miles. I was not ready at all! But we told each other we would stay together and our goals were to never walk and to make it in under 2 hours. Pretty good goals I would say! I did great up until about the 8th mile. I was starting to feel it! But I knew I could do it because my mom was right by my side cheering me on. She kept saying "You can do it Shea! Come on let's go!" Looking back this is how she has been my entire life. Her and my dad standing on the sidelines cheering "Come on Shea! You can do it!" I honestly would not have been able to finish that race if it weren't for her. She helped me across the finish line. (literally I ALMOST passed out and had to go to the ambulance van but I'll leave those details out haha) And we made our goal!!!! We finished the race in 1 hour and 59 minutes. Right on time!!!! I couldn't have done it without her! And I am so grateful she did it with me!
 |
| WE DID IT!!! |
In a nutshell, my mom is the BEST! She is the woman I want to be when I am a mom. It makes me so excited to be a mother. She is going to be the best grandma. I want to thank her for the wonderful example she has been to me in my life. Love you Mama Tand!!! :)
Take the time to think about your moms this Mother's Day and thank them for all they do for YOU!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment