Happy belated Mother's Day!!!!

        I am so thankful that I get to be a mom to these special boys! I feel very blessed!

Mother's Day was very hectic (not to mention the rest of the week!). I got to sleep in and go to late church. We have an 8:30 and 10:30 service and normally my morning-person husband makes us get up and go to early church. And now that I work at church I often have to be at church for the first service anyway. We did not have children's church last Sunday so I got to enjoy sitting in the service (after a great night of sleep!!!). We went straight from church out to lunch. I chose Fazoli's. We didn't have a lot of time, and I hadn't been to Fazoli's for a long time. They have all sorts of new pastas on their menu now! It was good! Then we headed straight to the ball park for a double header for Bradley. As soon as that was done, a quick trip to Wal Mart was in order and had to hurry home to tutor from 8-9. Relaxing it wasn't, but they usually aren't. I have spent Mother's Day at the ballpark the last several years. But that's OK. I love spending time watching my boys play ball...

I had to share the card my husband gave me. He is not a scrapbooker, but he can be creative when he wants to be! I do not get bouquets of real flowers anymore. Oreo has a major obsession with flowers and babies breath. If I have a vase of flowers, he simply will not leave it alone. He has knocked over more vases than I can count and spilled water everywhere. So if I get flowers, they have to stay locked in a room when unsupervised. Anyway, the card read something to the effect of, "here are some flowers Oreo won't destroy." He hand cut the flower part out of some scrapbooking scraps I had (velvet paper) and rolled money tightly to make the stems. I thought it was so cute!!

Anyway, I thought I'd leave you with a poem that was in our church bulletin several years ago on Mother's Day. In fact, it was 9 years ago as it was the Mother's Day we had Brennan dedicated at church. It brought tears to my eyes then and still does. It makes me so grateful that God has allowed me to be Bradley and Brennan's angel on earth. What a privilege and the greatest job I could ask for!

Once upon a time, there was a child ready to be born.  So one day, he asked God, "They tell me you are going to send me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"

"Among the many angels, I chose one just for you. She will be waiting for you and take care of you."

"But tell me, here in heaven I don't do anything but sing and smile. That is enough for me to be happy. What will I do there?"

"Don't worry. Your angel will sing for you. And she'll smile for you every day too. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy."

"And how am I going to understand when people talk to me if I don't understand the language men speak?"

"Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear. And with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

"Your angel will fold your hands together and teach you how to pray."

"I've heard on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?"

"Your angel will protect you...even if it means risking her life."

"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."

"Your angel will talk to you about me and will teach you the way to be able to come back to me again."

At that moment there was much peace in heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked in a soft voice, "Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

"Her name is of no importance to you. You will simply call her, 'Mommy.'"