Mama Rae

I'v been thinking for awhile about what I could do for my wonderful mom on Mother's Day this year. She has been awesome in supporting both me and Travis this last year. I kept running into a problem though- What in the world can I get a mom who doesn't need anything I can afford to buy? She has a ring for each hand and a beautiful necklace so that ruled out buying nice jewelry.

I was going to get flowers, then I learned my brother sent her flowers AND incorporated a scripture. How could I compete with that? I couldn't. Back to square one. I thought about a nice wall hanging, but I've already done that.

I'm no poet but I even tried my hand at a poem. I couldn't make it past:

"Mother Dearest,
you are the one that I fearest,
the most."

While some mom's would love to know their kids fear them, I didn't think it was the flowery poem she would want on Mother's Day. When the poetry didn't work I figured it might just need sweet music to it, so I laid down a beat and got my dancing on. Travis said I should never do that in public again. I told him we weren't in public, we were in the car, but he assured me it was public enough to make it humiliating to have his wife "rapping." Another fail.

I'll be honest, my next thought was, "We could give her a grandbaby!" Travis thought that was going a little too far with a Mother's Day gift so he put a big, fat NO stamp on that idea. (maybe next year mom!)

Hmmmmm.... I talked to Travis, people at work and some friends to get ideas. Told them how sweet and fun my mama is and stories about growing up with her. Like how she would let me stay up past my bedtime if I would brush her hair. And how the first time she let me cook by myself it was a batch of muffins. I followed the recipe but didn't realize the difference between a Tbsp of baking soda (or powder- can't remember) and a tsp of it. I ended up with a huge overflowing pan of goop and a mom that was patient enough to show me how to do it again. I love cooking.

They also heard about everything she did to help me with the wedding. Seriously she about did it all (with her sisters too!). On top of that she took a week out of her Christmas break to visit me in Florida so we could have some mother/daughter pre-wedding moments I was really missing before. Then she was there in the Bride's Room with me calming my anxiety over my dress, make-up, hair I might have messed during the ceremony, veil, price of hot cocoa in Haiti, etc. She really is amazing.

Now what can I possibly do for my mom on Mother's Day? The best idea I could come up with was share her awesomeness with all of you.

Happy Mother's Day Mom! I love you!