my mother
Not only did she give me life but she gave me an amazing life...my mother (and father) has worked so hard her entire life devoted to her children and her family. She can be misunderstood and misread but the reason she does what she does is because she is a mother.
Everything I am and everything I have I owe to her. She was the one who loved me first. She loved me before she even met me and she knew in the first moment that she saw me that she'd love me forever. Although I didn't quite comprehend it in the beginning, now I understand that there is such great strength that lies in knowing that someone will love you forever, no matter your imperfections and no matter the situation that life gives you. Having a mother is having a piece of heaven on earth because our Heavenly Father loves us in such a divine and special way, a way that can only be compared to the love of a mother. I believe that my Heavenly Father loves all of us enough to give us mothers. To give us that selfless soul who will take care of us, inspire us, guide us, protect us and love us always.
She is my biggest supporter and greatest fan. No matter the journey I wanted to take in life, she was always at my side, supporting me and guiding me along the way. She attended every soccer game, every parent-teacher conference, every extracurricular activity and she was present during every struggle and heartache I ever had to face. She was there to kneel beside the bed with me and taught me to pray. She was there to teach me about my Heavenly Father and help me understand His love for me. She was there at absolutely every swim meet in that hot and sweaty pool. She traveled miles upon miles to see me swim even if it were a 1 minute race.
She instilled inside of me a desire to learn and to be a wiser person. She helped me with my homework and she taught me to read. She let me learn from the experiences that life would give me and the consequences that my actions would provide me. She helped me through elementary, middle, and high school and was always my rock just when I needed her.
She assured me that she would always be near me even when I made some of my most difficult choices. She sees in me a potential that I am never quite able to see. She gave me the strength and courage to leave and serve a mission, a decision that I am forever grateful for to this day.
Even while in the cities and jungles of Costa Rica she sent me packages of chocolate, pictures and letters of inspiration to help me keep going. She was the last to hug me goodbye and the first to greet me at the finish line.
She has mothered me from afar and during some of my darkest moments. It's her love and her wise words of advice that make it easier to carry on with this difficult life. She is the most selfless, the most loving and the most incredible person there is.
Sometimes I hate the fact that I care so much. It can get me in some awful situations, but at the end of the day, I am beyond grateful that my mother taught me to love unconditionally, to care for people and to put myself in their shoes and experience life from their point of view. She taught me to feel so deeply for other people and to do whatever I could to brighten their day.
Her job has never been easy. I have never made the weight of motherhood easier for her. There has been moments of tear filled phone calls, scary nights when the wind was blowing, scraped knees, hurt feelings, yet she was there for it all. Present for every moment to give a helping and loving hand. She's lifted me up at every possible moment when I thought I couldn't go on for one more second. Just when I thought going on was impossible, it was her to strengthen my weaknesses.
Although my life may not be easy, it's been worth it and it's been a great life thanks to the many sacrifices that my mother makes. I know it's never been easy but I am so thankful that she took the time and the energy to take upon her this GIANT responsibility. I am forever in debt to my mother and my Heavenly Father for blessing me with someone so incredibly amazing.
Like I said before, everything I am, everything I have I owe to her. I am who I am thanks to her.
Who was the person to sit at the end of my bed when I couldn't sleep?
Who was the one person to sit at every swim meet to cheer me on regardless of the result?
Who was the person to give me life? Love? Advice? and Inspiration?
#ItWasMom
I love you mom.
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