Happy Mother's Day

We are so blessed to have you as our mother!! Thank you for living your life striving to bring God glory in all you do. We love you!!

Jan--Ben's mom

It has been probably 8 years or so since I have been able to celebrate this day with my mom by my side. It will be a memory I will cherish for a long time. We are truly blessed to have you as our mother! You too, are a virtuous woman of the Lord. We love you!!

Jodie with her mom

Thank you Jake and Kacie for making my day special (with dad's help of course). You two are truly gifts from the Lord. I am proud to be your mother!!

As I reflect on being a mom today, I think about how often I let the little things frustrate me and forget about how the little moments in my life will have such an impact on the rest of my children's lives. I heard a guy say recently that we live mostly in the mundane of life. What he was trying to get at is that we keep waiting for those "big" teaching moments. But really we are helping to shape our children's lives every time we act and react towards them....the mundane. Proverbs 31:28 talks about a mother being called blessed by her children. I know that all of us moms want that. And I am thinking maybe this mother is called blessed because she is consistent in her loving and caring. And is plodding along day to day in the mundane helping to shape her children by acting and reacting to her children the way God would lead her. I encourage you in your role as a mom to continue to plod away in raising your children. And know that all of you in my life who are moms often encourage me as I watch you with your children!!