More than just a Mother's Day card

Mothers Day this year was a low key day spent with family. No emotional breakdowns like last year. We spent a large chunk of time in the car (as we have been doing a lot of lately) which is peaceful as long as the weather cooperates which it did, even amidst the light snow (yes, snow on Mother’s Day!). I don’t mind the time in the car as it gives us time to talk as a family, read, enjoy the scenery and just be together.







The best gift this Mother’s Day were the cards I got from my husband and little girl. My husband has a way with words and I savor each heartfelt word he writes. I don’t put a lot of value on “stuff” but I have every card and note he’s ever made or bought for me. Same goes for my little girl. From the first cards that were picked out with a lot of help from dad (ok, he did it himself) to the cards that she picked out on her own and scribbled in with crayon (hoping the occasion on the card matched the occasion we were celebrating. She’s been known to pick out an “I miss you” card for a birthday because she liked the picture) to the most recent card that she wrote on herself. And I don’t mean wrote on as in scribbling pictures that I could not quite make out without an explanation for her. She wrote my name on the card. At just over three years old. I saved the envelope because each time I look at the scrawled out “mom” that is so carefully written on the front I just beam with pride. She’s known how to verbally spell my name for several months, but I did not know she knew how to write it until now. And although I was not there when she was writing on the card, I can imagine her concentration as she spelled out loud then wrote each letter, pen in hand, tongue sticking out of the corner of her mouth, and endearing trait she got from her Daddy and I can feel that LOVE that I have for her, the love that just grows bigger and bigger all the time. The “mom” that is written on my card is such a symbol of the love my little girl has for learning. “Teach me to read, Mama.” “I want to know how to spell, Mama.” “Mom! I want to be able to write my own name but I need help!” And we’ve helped her with all these things. She is wise beyond her years and never fails to amaze her parents. I love being a mom to this little blessing and love to see her grow, another milestone achieved to remind me that she is such an amazing little girl and I am so proud to be her mom.









~Angela