Things I remember about my mom growing up:
She gave me the opportunity to try lots of different things: tap, ballet, clogging, soccer, dance…
When I was a teenager she came and rubbed my tummy when I wasn’t feeling good one night.
She was always sitting in the front room when I got home from high school so I would get to sit and talk to her about my day.
As a teenager I remember seeing her read her scriptures a lot.
She hardly ever yelled, and if she did, we deserved it!
She taught me how to gain my own testimony about things.
She loved to go garage sale shopping.
I remember her using fruit scented markers to make family home evening lessons but I was not allowed to touch them. I would sneak into them anyway and take off the caps to smell how good they were.
She sewed my outfit for the first dance I ever went to. It was an olive green and black polka dot skirt set.
During Christmas she would make the best English Toffee.
She is a great example of service. There are not many times I can think of where she wan’t serving someone in her life.
She is funny which I didn’t figure out until I was older.
We were never allowed to put sugar on our cereal…back when cereal didn’t have sugar already on it.
She was good at making home. Our house may not have been filled with expensive things, but it was always decorated.
She suffered through a headache nearly everyday she was pregnant with me.
She is a great example of sacrifice and resilience and that our circumstances don’t have to dictate what our lives will become.
LOVE YOU MOM!!!
