S Club Mama

As Mother's Day approaches, there seem to be many things online that have made me cry: a post from JJ Heller's girls encouraging mothers and Nichole Nordemen's song, "Slow Down," and the accompanying video. Tear jerkers. Look them up on YouTube and you will not be sorry (unless you hate crying and then ignore this paragraph). Anyway, Karen Kingsbury has written two books that are tear jerkers, too. "Forever My Little Girl" and "Forever My Little Boy" are cute momento-type books that remind us how fast childhood goes. image via Amazon In each, the parents have just had their little boy or little girl and realize what a gift from God he or she is. There are prayers throughout the book to correspond with each developmental stage. So fast you flip through from babyhood to toddler to school age to marriage. It's an emotional rollercoaster...just like real life. I've watched my big boys grow so fast from babies to elementary age, I c...

Although we were dancing to the Walk the Line soundtrack (so the Tyler Hilton version of this song), I'll let you listen to some Elvis.

These kids definitely got their looks from their Daddy! But I couldn't ask for more handsome boys -  or bigger blessings in my life.  Father,   Thank you for allowing me the pleasure of being a mama today, yesterday, and tomorrow. I know sometimes they drive me to the brink of insanity, but I love them with everything I have. No one could ask for sweeter boys or a better husband to father them.  Amen my hanging basket of flowers from my boys Happy Mother's Day to all of you mamas out there: biological, adoptive, foster, metaphorical, even those of fur babies.  If you nurture, you are a mom .