Happy Mother's Day - Flo

Today it was over 90 degrees so we took our first trip to the pool. Since Blake would be there, I decided it would be a great time to just lay out and read. I had already read my book from the library so I ran upstairs and grabbed a parenting book off the shelf that I was pretty sure I hadn't read yet. When I opened it at the pool, some papers fell out. I opened it up and it was an outline my mother-in-law had written for a parenting class she would be teaching. It was dated April 1998. Blake was 16. I read through it, reading about her love for her sons, her desire to be the best mom she could be, and her beliefs and strategies on raising Godly kids. How neat to find that on Mother's Day. One thing that she put on the outline was that she hoped that when her kids would grown that they would remember the things she had done right and not the things she did wrong. Well, speaking for myself - being married to one of her sons - I say she did a pretty darn good job!!

As I was thinking about Flo today, I was thinking about how different she is from me. I have heard friends say that they just feel defeated compared to their mother-in-law. They say they could just never compete with near perfection. But you know I don't feel that way. I know that she has characteristics that I will never have and thats ok with me. I am just so grateful that she is part of my life and part of my kids life. Camden and Hope's mommy will probably never drive them around on the four wheeler or dig for worms in the yard, but their Grammy will. And I know when they get too big for worms, chuck E cheese, and practicing baseball in the driveway that Grammy will still be just as involved. I know that she prays for our kids and desires to do her part in whatever way possible to teach them about Jesus AND to teach them to love life. Life is always an adventure when Grammy is around. And you know its not just the kids that think that..... I look forward to my time with "Grammy" too. Happy Mother's Day Flo!!!!!