HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

I love Mothers Day!! I think it is because I have been blessed with such an amazing mother and grandmothers. I have always had such a great respect for women of the church and for mothers. My mom and for any of you that know her can testify is super mom. She is the mother that they write books about and write hymns about. Her life is dedicated to the gospel, her family and service. I have a testimony that Heavenly Father has placed mothers with a sacred role to know how and when to help their children when they need help. My mom has been my spiritual strength, she has taught me by her example about Christ, she has instilled in me my testimony of the Savior and the gospel. She has been my cheerleader through school, dance, college, my difficulties in my marriage and having and raising my children. She always seems to know how to help, what to say and always supports and beleives in me. I beleive it was Abraham Lincoln that said, "All I am and hope to be I owe to my angel mother." This is how I feel. I feel so blessed that Heavenly Father blessed me with the specific mother I have. I must have been leaping for joy in heaven when I found out who was going to be my mother. I love you mom and I hope that you had a very Happy Mothers Day.

My kids were so sweet today. Brynlee got up with my brothers and cooked me breakfast. She gave me zone bars for mothers day (my favorite). She also made me three beautiful cards. Stockton gave me a book about a little boy that likes to snuggle bug with his mom. I was in tears reading it. It fits our relationship perfectly. Stock told me that he loved me about 100 times today. And that is not an exaggeration, it was adorable. He made me a card at school that was so funny. It said how old is your mom. He put 4. Where did your mom come from. He put the farm. He told me he wanted to put heaven but his teacher wouldn't let him. What is your mom's favorite thing to say. He put , "I love you Stockton." What is your moms favorite place to go? He put to the farm. It was so cute!!

I wanted to share a few of my favorite quotes about motherhood.

"You are doing God's work. You are doing it wonderfully well. He is blessing you, and He will bless you, even-no, especially-when your days and your nights may be most challenging. Like the woman who anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some embarrassment, fought her way through the crowd just to touch the hem of the Master's garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and wonder and weep over their responsibility as mothers, 'Daughter, be of good comfort; they faith hath made thee whole'. And it will make your children whole as well. " Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

I love this quote by C. S. Lewis that reminds me that God is building me. He is in charge and it helps me get through everything in this life and enjoy the ride. "Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not suprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abdominaly and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanantion is that he is building quite a different house than the one you thought of-throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is buillding a palace."

Quotes by President Hinckley in the new book my dear sisters:

"A group of ancient Roman women were, with vanity, showing their jewels one to another. Among them was Cornelia, the mother of two boys. One of the women said to her, "And where are your jewels?" to which Cornelia responded, pointing to her sons, "These are my jewels." Under her tutelage, and walking after the virtues of her life, they grew to become...two of the most persuasive and effective reformers in Roman history. For as long as they are remembered and spoken of...their mother will be remembered and spoken of with praise also."

"You must know...that you are not alone in this world. there are hundreds of thousands of you. You live in many lands. You speak various languages. And every one of you has something divine within you. You are second to none. You are daughters of God."

"You are creatures of divinity; you are daughters of the Almighty. Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future."

"How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the jewels of her life, as gifts from the God of heaven, who is their Eternal Father, and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord."

I gave my mom a board with this scripture on it and it is my favorite. I am so thankful for my angel mother and I and all of her posterity will call her blessed in the eternities. Of this I am cert

ain. I hope to live a life in which my posterity can say the same of me.

And her children arise up and call her blessed. Proverbs 31:28

I love all of you. You are wonderful examples to me of motherhood and friendship. I am so thankful for you in my life. I hope you all had happy mothers day and I hope you all know how amazing you are!! You are daughters of your Heavenly Father!!