Happy Mothers Day

My mom is a special blessing.
My mom exemplifies to me the verse in I Peter 4, which speaks of a woman with a gentle and quiet spirit, whom the Lord greatly values. My mom is exactly like that. She is gentle and kind, always showing my Dad and our family loyal love and compassion, caring for us and selflessly serving us day in and day out. She has a quiet spirit, and yet is firm and grounded in the Truth. She trusts God tremendously, and spends much time in private prayer or prayer with my Dad. She is a perfect compliment for my Dad - they have a very intimate, fun-filled, and loving friendship, talking with each other, walking together, praying together, hugging each other ... my mom and dad have one of the most exemplary marriages I have ever seen, and are a tremendous example to me.
My mom is very selfless in caring for her family. She sacrifices a vast amount of time, rest, money, emotion, and comfort to make sure that each of us in her family feel loved and cared for.
My mom is very intelligent - after all, she taught all the way to grade 12 calculus!... and yet for all her smarts she has an ever greater portion of wisdom, that God-given gift of wisdom for living life in a way that honors God.
Not only is she a terrific mom, but she is also one of my closest friends! I can talk with her and dad about things which I have never discussed with anyone else. I love going out every now and then with my mom alone to Starbucks, where we sip vanilla bean whatchamakalits or white hot chocolate and talk and laugh about everything from funny family stories, good books, weather, and animals we like to our hopes and fears about the future, love and relationships, and areas in our life which we would like to grow in holiness. In almost every conversation, though, I appreciate how my mom is able to speak wisdom into what we talk about and always take it back to God and what He said in His Words.

I love my mom very, very much, and I wish her a Happy Mother's Day!