Mother's Day

Mother's Day.  A day to celebrate your mother.  A day to be celebrated by your children.  As a friend put it, Mothers Day means celebrating with the ones who gave you stretch marks...on your belly and on your heart.  


Today, my two started my day with a simple Happy Mother's Day.  That in itself is joyous to me.  Just the acknowledgement.  Then my youngest made me lunch.  They kept ice in my glass all day.  


We're all doing our thing, having a good day.  And then, 'clink, clink, clink...' continuously, on and on.  Clink, clink, clink.  The noise was driving me crazy.  I go see what is going on and see my oldest counting out all their saved change.  They want to go to the store for water balloons.  So I give him all my change in an effort to stop the clinking!  Silver is better than copper, right?


They go off to the store and come home.  They don't want me in their room.  I know they've got something going on and it involves me so I go back to kitchen to check on the crock pot.  They come in and hand me a card.  Super sweet and personalized with a ''love you and appreciate all that you do for us'' which made me cry.  Then they hand me a dark chocolate orange.  Hugs go around and I know I am loved. 


They even got their water balloons and had a war outside.


Happy Mother's Day to all.