(last Mother's Day with my mom aka Grammy)
There's nothing like a mother and a mother's love. Although it's a couple of weeks past mother's day, I want to let the mothers in my life know how much I love and appreciate them. You are such shining examples to me. I only hope I can mother as well as you. I thank Heavenly Father for entrusting me with the privilege of mothering Calahan and Crewe. They have opened my eyes and expanded my joy in ways I didn't know were possible.
my Nana (mom's mom), me, my Mom (Karen), Aunt Sherrie, Aunt Julie, Aunt Lisa
My mother-in-law, Kay
Another mother who inspires me is Marjorie Hinckley, a cousin to my great grandmother Bessie Howell, who I also adore greatly.
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing my neighbor's lawn.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with the children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
Nana (my maternal grandmother), my Mom, my Aunts Sherrie, Julie, Lisa and Erin
My sister Anne Marie
My sister-in law Laura
My sister-in-law Shawna
My mother-in-law Kay Calvert and sister-in-laws Tina, Dorene, Jenny and Lisa
My paternal grandmother, Grandma Norma.
(last Mother's Day with my mom aka Grammy)
my Nana (mom's mom), me, my Mom (Karen), Aunt Sherrie, Aunt Julie, Aunt Lisa
My mother-in-law, Kay
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