Happy Mother's Day to My Mom and Mother-In-Law

I am blessed. I have a wonderful Mom who loves me and a wonderful Mother-In-Law who loves me. These women are awesome.

My mother is one of the strongest women I know. She has been educating children for 35 years. She still loves it and she is still good at what she does. She is still in love with my dad. She calls me everyday. We work together too. Often we get to each lunch together. It is really fun. She is my BFF now. When I was growing up she was the parent. Now that I am a parent, she can be my BFF she says. She loves me, but y'all she is crazy about my Mary-Kate!






My mother-in-law treats me like I am one of her own. When I picked out my wedding dress, I asked her to come with me to have it altered. The seamstress had not been very nice to me the time before. The dress I chose had to have a zipper replaced. It was broken before I tried it on. My mother-in-law listened to this woman give me a hard time. She said that I had to have gained weight for my dress to be so tight in the back. My mother-in-law told her that if when she replaced the zipper and had not removed so much fabric around it, I would still fit in it. (See my mother-in-law sews.) She had my back! Ha! When I had Mary-Kate she stayed with me the first week. We lived very close to each other. She would come over every morning when my husband went to work and stay until he came home. I had a c-section and she was very worried about me. She didn't want me to do very much. She folded clothes, cooked, sterilized bottles, you name it. I'll never forget what she did for me. And she too is crazy about Mary-Kate.






No Love like a Mother's Love

There is no love, like a mother's love,
no stronger bond on earth...
like the precious bond that comes from God,
to a mother, when she gives birth.

A mother's love is forever strong,
never changing for all time...
and when her children need her most,
a mother's love will shine.

God bless these special mothers,
God bless them every one...
for all the tears and heartache,
and for the special work they've done.

When her days on earth are over,
a mother's love lives on...
through many generations,
with God's blessings on each one.

Be thankful for our mothers,
for they love with a higher love...
from the power God has given,
and the strength from up above.
by Jill Lemming**