Mother's Day

While pondering the memories of my childhood, there is one moment that truly stands out above all.
One Saturday afternoon, while my dad was away with the scouts, my mom was trying to get us to do chores. We defied her motive and tried to avoid getting caught playing instead. Suddenly the ground started to shake. We were all aware of what was happening. It was obvious an earthquake had started. We all flocked toward Mom. She instructed us to quickly get under the table. As the ground shook under us, Mom amazingly had enough arm length to comfort all of us. We all clung to her as she calmly informed us that it would be okay. The earthquake lasted about 45 minutes in all, there were a lot of quakes one after another.

As I think of this experience, I think of the example this is of what Mom does for her children. Somehow she has enough love to make each of us feel so special. She always has enough energy to stay up late and talk if we need it. No matter where we are, when we talk to Mom we are home again.

Mother's Day is a special time when I can truly reflect on the blessing my Mother is in my life. She was the one who came to pick me up from my mission, she was the one who was in the waiting room at the hospital when Kayla was born, sneaking by the room to see if she could here a cry, she was the one who seems to call right at the moment you need her.

Mom is the one who taught me how to work, how to play, how to hug and how to pray. She showed me how to care and love.
I love you Mom, Happy Mother's Day