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This Mother's Day, I wanted to hear from some of the amazing women who have taken on that sometimes-terrifying, often-challenging, and always-marvelous role of "mom". Below are their comments and stories!
Tell me a story…
Forget Barbie. You are, without question, our
first and always icon. You bring beauty, laughter, wisdom and joy to our
lives from the time we’re freshly hatched and helpless to the days of
wings-outstretched-and-ready-to-fly (occasionally into a freshly cleaned
window).
What is the
best gift you’ve ever received from one of your kids?
[The] Best gift I ever
received was a hug, at the mall, on a shopping day with a card from my son
saying he loves me. He went off by
himself to shop with the money I gave him.
I stayed with the girls to shop our budget for school clothes. He returned
with a card, his new school clothes and a hug and a kiss at the mall. Seems he finally figured it was okay to hug
his mom in public.
- Patti
The best gifts I ever
receive from my kids are having them call me to tell me about something that
makes them happy – and their being happy. If my kids are happy, it makes
me happy and gives the world a rosy glow. That they want to share
something good with me also makes me happy. I suppose it is also a gift when
they want to share something less-than-good with me, but the “happiness”
that generates is tinged with gray.
- Robin
It's the gift of seeing
happiness on her face. For the last week every morning when she wakes up
the first thing she does is look up at me, right in the
eyes and a huge smile comes across her face. It is pure happiness to see me, no
agenda, just happy to start the day seeing her mummy.
- Kelly
What is your idea of the ultimate day off?
(This is your chance to give some oh-so-subtle
hints, ladies!)
It would start by being able to lay in
(as loooong as I wanted) with hubby, then off to a movie, nice lunch/dinner
somewhere comfy and cozy with a girlfriend and then a maybe something simple
like sitting in a beautiful rose garden, or sunset at the beach (CA not stinky
TX) so I could just be right there in the moment with my hubby again.
- Kelly
The Ultimate day off for me is a brisk walk
with a loved one, first thing in the morning; coffee and a light breakfast;
maybe a movie or pedicure; lots of time on the couch with my girls when they
can.
- Patti
Ultimate day off: sleep.
just sleep. maybe a solid 24 hours, maybe waking up a couple of
times to eat something that has already been prepared for me, and nobody else
is grabbing it and saying "MIIIIIINE!"
– Charity
The ultimate day off is
not having to meet any schedule but one’s own – get up and go to bed when you
want, eat when you want and what you want and just being free to mess
about. Reading a good book, taking a walk in the sunshine, watching
the tides, taking a long hot bath, playing tennis for fun …. all those things
are good.
- Robin
What book or
movie was your son or daughter OBSESSED with growing up (come on, you know the
one that you knew by HEART by the time they were 5)?
Kelly fell in love with
Maria in the Sound of Music and wanted to watch that movie over and
over. I always stopped it before it became too distressing and it
wasn’t until years later that she learned about the family fleeing the
Nazis. I think that was a real downer for her – also that her mother did
not better emulate Maria.
– Robin
[The] Book would be a tie between "Hippos
Go Berserk" and "Are You My Mother?" and movie is, hands down,
The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh, which I have seen approximately 80
gazillion times in the last week. I mean, at least it's not Caillou.
-
Charity
I believe Aladdin or The NeverEnding Story both were favorites, both were absolutely
memorized and sung. Babysitters Club
were the books fo choice, after the Berenstein Bear Adventures. We are a family of great readers and there
are lots of favorites. Several books
were ‘memorized’ before my children were old enough to read by themselves and I
would be put to shame if I shortened a story.
Go Dog Go was one of those
stories that you just couldn’t shorten.
My kids had that one memorized down to the swings on the tree!
- Patti
We didn't make it there yet but she sure does love
listening to the song her daddy wrote and recorded to my iPhone.
– Kelly
What story about your son or daughter always makes you laugh?
I laugh when
I remember discovering the gift that my recently potty-trained daughter left
with great delight in the open humidifier tank. It did look like a
colorful toilet bowl.
- Robin
Trying on clothes in a
Montogomery Ward Store still hold so much laughter. My oldest daughter and I could get in and out
of our clothes pretty quickly when trying on outfits; my youngest daughter- not
so much. We were all trying on clothes,
shoes, he works. Erica and I got done
and as we’re leaving the dressing room opened the doors to leave. We hear the Ewok cry of “WOE”. The youngest was not dressed and ready to
leave. To this day the Ewoks make me laugh for two reasons.
-Patti
While in a store my classy
daughter decided now was the time she needed to explode (down below). Well, she
let out a huge ripper! So loud that the gentleman walking a few steps
ahead of us turned around and gave me a disgusted look thinking I was the
culprit. At 7 weeks old my little lady had set me up!
– Kelly
Just like
Being a Mother is a Gift, HAVING this many wonderful moms and mom-figures in our lives is a blessing beyond words. Thank you for all you
do and all that you are!
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