Loving Mother's

I love this Jewish Proverb.."God could not be everywhere, so He created mother's". My heart is heavy with 2 opposite emotions today, one of sorrow and one of great joy. My feeling of sorrow is due to the fact that 2 of my friends are dealing with losing their moms. Kelli's mother recently passed away from cancer. Her memorial service was the most beautiful, Christ-centered service I have ever attended and because she knew that she was dying, she planned every detail. My dear friend, Karen is going through the last weeks of her beloved mother's life. The evil cancer is taking her too! I have known Karen's Mom, Elvira, for a long time and she is a gentle, loving, Christian woman. Both these remarkable women will be missed dearly! I feel joy and overwelming gratefulness for the gift of my own mother, Deri. She is and has always been one of my best friends and now that we share so many common health issues, we are each other's greatest support system's. I cannot imagine losing her, but as I get older I realize that death is something that must be accepted. Being a mother is the GREATEST GIFT that God has ever bestowed upon me and I treasure my own children. It will be a joyous day when they each have their own children and I become a grandmother! For now, I just need to treasure my my own mom. P.S. to all my reader's, call your mom or if she is no longer here, then call someone who is like a mother to you and tell them you love them!

What a "girlie" weekend !

Sometimes I miss my college days back in the early 80's when I was a sorority girl. I just got back from spending the weekend in Boulder with Lauren and her sorority. It was a Mother/Daughter weekend full of fun events to help the mom's and daughter's get to know each other better. Every night we had dinner together and we even hung out with one of the fraternities. They invited us to come play "beer pong"! Okay, yes I am a Christian, but I gotta tell you people watching at a frat house is really fun!
Lauren and I LOVED spending the weekend together and I left her at her dorm with feelings of complete peace. Her sorority sister's are all very classy, wholesome girls. We met alot of people and spent time in conversations with others trying to find things we have in common. This comes very easy for my daughter and I but I noticed a mom/daughter pair at breakfast this morning sitting by themselves. I should have made an attempt to invite them to our table and help them connect. Instead, I felt a little selfish and did not. I smiled politely and went on enjoying my meal with the other women that were as outgoing as me. That was selfish of me. Today I've learned that sometimes we all need to make the attempt to include other's in our "circle" even when it is so much easier not to.