and the prize goes to....

MY MOM!

for being the best blog commenter on this entire earth.

okay, maybe not the earth, just my blog, but that's dang good.

the other day i got yet another GUSHY mommy comment and wondered.

has there ever been a post she DIDN'T comment on?

i just checked, and believe me it's rare!

a simple comment is just so symbolic of her desire to tell me she loves me.

plus, she knows the power of a kind word.

believe me, it's powerful.

it brings a tear to my little eye.

and makes me thankful.

thinking about her reminds me of the MANY MANY hours she's spent serving me.

she comes over often and reads my kids stories.

she gets to things around the house that have been neglected and helps me clean them.

and then she comes again and helps re-do the things that my kids have messed up AGAIN. 


i shake my head when I think of the disasters she's helped me conquer because i admit it, i'm a slob in many ways.

you should have seen my bathroom before this past Wednesday.

believe me, you wouldn't have wanted to.

when my brother came to visit he used my bathroom without my knowing it and told me that at least it was a little better than a truck stop bathroom.

SAD BUT TRUE!!!

i'm still working on fixing that, but i think i'll have to WAIT until there are fewer little ones undoing my feeble attempts to maintain order in this place.

until then, i'm just thankful to have a bit of help "putting out one fire at a time" from my mom.




i love you mom.....

cause i know you'll read this, and leave a lovey dovey comment too.

thank you.