This is a blog entry I wrote several years ago on a blog that I have since locked down. This has nothing to do with my surgery or weight loss struggles...I just wanted to post it to say a Happy Mother's Day to all the special moms out there! Enjoy...
What a special woman it takes to be a mom. Moms are supposed to be able to do it ALL...and most of the time we succeed. But in the stillness of the night, when it's quiet, we are finally allowed to be human and reflect on the most important "job" we have. Sometimes I will cry out of exhaustion, sometimes laugh about something that happened during the day...but I always end the night with a smile on my face knowing that I did the best I could, and my best is pretty darn good.
All moms are to be commended on this day, but you all know I have a special place in my heart for Single Moms. Yes, because I am one, but also because I have dear friends that are Single Moms. And I have a couple of friends in my prayers that I hope never become Single Moms b/c today they're fighting for their marriage.
Single moms...we do it all. There is no one to help us on the sleepless nights, when the kids are sick, with laundry and cleaning and bills and and and... I don't know about other Single Moms, but I get tired, I get angry, I get sad about my situation. But then I realize that I don't HAVE to do this...I GET to do this. This is a gift that God has given me. He has given me the love of my boys. I get 99% of the hugs, 99% of the kisses, 99% of the headaches ...so it's ALL well worth it.
I have had so many people question HOW I do this, even my own family. If Ashley goes out of town and leaves the kids with Charlie, he is texting me saying he can't even fathom how I do this EVERY SINGLE DAY. LOL! Basically...if I don't, who will?
So tomorrow morning, there is no one to give me the day off. There is no husband that will say, "Honey, sleep in....we're going to cook you breakfast and give you the day off." Nope...tomorrow is just another day. I will still have all my motherly duties to tend to. And it will be perfect.
There is no husband that will buy me jewelry or perfume. I will get handmade cards and gifts from school and a perfect little trinket my parents ran out and bought for me from the boys. And it will be perfect.
So to all the Single Moms out there...keep it up, high five, and YOU ROCK!!
