happy mama's day

happy mama’s day to the bestest mother i could have ever asked for. =) [i don’t know what i would have done these past couple of years without all her love and encouragement.]

i remember:
…my mom going around the house cleaning up and putting every rubber band, bobby pin, and hair clip in her hair. and then she’d ask if she had too many in her hair to go to the store!

…my mom being pregnant, literally, all through the 80’s.

…her sitting us all down before bed and reading bible stories to us.

…her ALWAYS saying “truth in the inward parts!”

…coming up to her after every big meal and making her feel my tummy so she would know just how full i was.

…sitting on the floor and copying everything she’d say while she was on the phone with her best friend barbara.

…stealing football mints from her bicycling pouch.

…the first perm she gave me. i was four and it stunk SO bad.

…how it was a treat any time i was picked to go to the grocery store with her--we didn't have a lot of money growing up but every once in (very long) while, she would take us to mcdonalds for an ice cream cone.

some photos of my mama through the years: