You are my inspiration every day when I think about how to be a good mom to my own children. You were unfailingly patient. You never raised your voice or your hand to us. You never held a grudge and hung onto disagreements, you let them go and moved on. Often you were the glue that held us together in those tough teen years when there was so much conflict in the rest of our lives.
In the summer time you kept us busy with activities at the library, or play days, or other fun activities going on in the community. During the school year you made sure that we were doing our work and kept us going in the right direction. You attended our baseball games, track meets, swim meets, football games, and whatever other activities we were involved with. You cheered us on and encouraged us and loved us no matter how difficult we might have been.
And now, you still encourage me in parenting my own children, you work just as hard now as you ever have in the past, taking your job seriously but also staying connected with your family. You're the one that sends us care packages, always has cookies ready for parties, keeps the snacks supplied, and chases your grandchildren around playing games with them. And when I see you playing with them I feel like its a window into what our family was like when I was little, and you played with us and gave us nicknames and kept us entertained with painting and reading books and doing puzzles.
You are my inspiration to be a better mom, more forgiving, more patient, more carefree and willing to crawl around on the floor with the kids, but also able to keep them distracted when a temper tantrum is on its way to taking over the fun.
I love you!
In the summer time you kept us busy with activities at the library, or play days, or other fun activities going on in the community. During the school year you made sure that we were doing our work and kept us going in the right direction. You attended our baseball games, track meets, swim meets, football games, and whatever other activities we were involved with. You cheered us on and encouraged us and loved us no matter how difficult we might have been.
And now, you still encourage me in parenting my own children, you work just as hard now as you ever have in the past, taking your job seriously but also staying connected with your family. You're the one that sends us care packages, always has cookies ready for parties, keeps the snacks supplied, and chases your grandchildren around playing games with them. And when I see you playing with them I feel like its a window into what our family was like when I was little, and you played with us and gave us nicknames and kept us entertained with painting and reading books and doing puzzles.You are my inspiration to be a better mom, more forgiving, more patient, more carefree and willing to crawl around on the floor with the kids, but also able to keep them distracted when a temper tantrum is on its way to taking over the fun.
I love you!
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I just wanted to share my mother's day message with you and your family. When I came home at 11 am this is what I heard on our answering machine. " Hi Nana McGowan! Happy Nana's Day! Hi Grandpa Mike! Happy Birthday! From Sophia. Bye! Bye!" Isn't that wonderful! I saved the message. Your parents are so blessed to have their beautiful grandchildren sooooo close. You are a great daughter, Amy
Love Aunt Patti
Isn't it wonderful to hear her voice on the phone? When we went on vacation and we called home it was so nice that Archer was old enough to talk to us and tell his version of what he had done for the day. That was really sweet that she called and you saved her message, I save messages on my voicemail too so I can hear Archer's voice whenever I need a little sunlight in my day.
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