Mother's Day Memories from My Two Favorite Moms


A real card from my dad to his mom
President Woodrow Wilson made Mother's Day an official national holiday in 1914 after a woman named Anna Jarvis created it in 1908 with the idea to honor her mother's dream of a celebration for all mothers.  

You might think that mothers dream of spa visits and breakfast in bed, and even shiny baubles for their namesake day, and surely that would be wonderful.  But I’d venture a guess that most moms would be just as happy with a sweet card or gesture from their children (or, at least, they'll tell them that...).  So I asked the two most important mothers in my life – my mom and my mother-in-law, Nancy – to tell me about their favorite Mother’s Day memories.  

A book of "checks" for washing dishes, etc
Mom:
When I was a young mother of 25, which seems so many eons ago, I was blessed with a good marriage and two beautiful young daughters.  I’ve celebrated 41 Mother’s Days so far, and to answer the question “what was my favorite Mother’s Day gift?” Well, that’s like asking what kind of dessert I like.  I like them all!  Truly, my favorite Mother’s Day gifts are the ones that are made by hand when my girls were in elementary school - like pictures they drew, coupons to make meals for me, or just notes to say they love me.  I still have many of these notes and pictures and was saving them so that I could look at them once in a while, which still make me smile.  Now my daughters are mothers and it's wonderful to watch them love their own children as I loved mine.  

"You're really not an idiot!" - Words of love


Aw, mom.  How did I get so lucky to have a mother as fantastic as this?  Now it's my sweet MIL's turn.  Aside from my mom, my mother-in-law is my biggest fan.  How did I score a Heaven-sent mom AND a dream-come-true MIL?  That is no exaggeration.

Nancy:
When my daughter was born, I told her every night at bedtime, “If I had written a letter to God, and told him exactly what I wanted in a child, he would have given me you.”  When my son was born two years later, I gave him the same message.  I wanted them to understand that they were perfect just as they were.  That I could not have asked for anything more.  This continued until they were old enough to put themselves to bed and I got the “Night, Mom” in passing on their way to their rooms.
Years later, when my daughter was a new mom, she sent me a card for Mother’s Day.  It said, “Mom, if I had written a letter to God, and told him exactly what I wanted in a Mom, he would have given me you.”  I had no idea she even paid attention all those years, but it was so special to me. 

What would you write in a card to your mom?

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    My mom with her mama


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