In May of 2000 I celebrated my first Mother’s Day! It was the most memorable one. The KC ladies made a special gift complete with picture. Wow! I was a Mom! It was unbelievable at the time. I went from crazy,live life by the seat of your pants, party girl to full time, hard working, Single Mom! Though the changes my life had made were crazy,surprising,and at times confusing, I cold see the bigger picture. I could see God had faith in me to be the Mother of my wonderful little boy.
Each year the struggles and hardships of being a Single Mom stress me out,and at times bring me to my knees. It isn’t easy being both Mother and Father to my son but with God’s help I get through it. He sends me the most thoughtful, helpful, family members,friends, and also my Church family to get me through each day and each struggle.
In no way am I complaining because the happy,loving,amazing moments far outweigh the bad. I know my hard work and determination in raising my son will be priceless in the long run. He will grow to do great and wonderful things. I will take pride in the fact, that I had a hand in raising him from boy to man!
So baby boy I am honored to be your Mother! At times you and I don’t see eye to eye we get through it and, we still love each other. Just know everything I do is for you! I love you More than anything in the world!
“I could see God had faith in me to be the Mother”
Wow. I never thought of that. Recently I have been forgetting that my kids were given to me, not left with me.
Love to read your stories and I can’t imagine your workload. You’re a great Mom. Happy Mother’s Day!
It’s funny how we sometimes forget that we are given these gifts for a reason. I was in a bad path when my first gift was given to me. It it wasn’t for her, who knows where I’d be today. Now, I see it as my duty to give her enough knowledge so that she can stay away from the path I was heading into. I know you are a very good mother for the way you think about him as a gift and not a burden. I’m sure you had a great mother’s day with him today. The weather was great!!
Happy Mother’s Day!