I want to remember

Wildflowers from Matt

Bracelet from Luke (with help from Caleb)

Picture from Caleb and note
Caleb also glue-gunned a flower necklace together from some purple flowers in our yard

I like the way my mother cooks
I like the way she plays with me and helps me
I like the way she smiles
I love my mother and she loves me

Flowers from my family
(Matt picked them out individually and put the arrangement together, I love the lilies well the whole thing.)

This morning Cora had a diaper blow out and as I realized it was on her blanket, on my pants, shirt and all over her, Luke said "that is a dirty job." We tend to point out "dirty jobs" after watching a "boys" favorite at our house on the Discovery Channel "Dirty Jobs," so he was just pointing out the obvious. I was thinking how the job of motherhood can be a dirty job but it definitely has its benefits. Right after I cleaned up Cora she gave me this huge grin, melting my heart again. Sometimes when I feel my patience is hanging on by a thread the innocence of one of my children seems to snap me out of it (and sometimes the thread breaks). Or when I see others going on with career and the like while I spend my days in what seems to be monotony, and find times when I feel like a failure I catch glimpses of the importance of my job and how truly beautiful it is. I am grateful for the mother's in my life, the older I get the more grateful I am; I can say I love being a mother even if it is hard, and I want recommit to try not taking this time for granted.

A few quotes:

"Simple days bring simple joys."
-Emily Lawless

"The noblest calling in the world is motherhood. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions.
-David O. McKay`

"In seed time, learn; in harvest, teach; in winter, enjoy."
-William Blake

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."
-Oprah Winfrey

"Children and mothers never truly part-Bound in the beating of each other's heart.
-Charlotte Gray