I will never forget the good times with my wonderful mom! One thing that made the biggest impression on my life was the time she would spend with just me. She would take me with her to Shady Maple to do her weekly food shopping. We'd hang out and I'd "help" picking out certain things for the family to eat that week. Then, as we were leaving she'd always buy us a soft pretzel or ice cream cone AND let us go look around Good's Store for a few minutes AND buy me the newest book in the Mandie series if it was out (even when I was in college and was too old for Mandie anymore!!!). Also, I remember various times after church when we would stop by the carwash for the boys and Dad to do a quick check and make sure things were running smoothly. Mom and I would stay in the car because we were in our nice dresses and to keep me busy, Mom would make up all kinds of games and word puzzles for me to solve. Thanks for teaching me things like cooking and what substitutions will work and what won't. Thanks for quizzing me to help me study for test after test all throughout my years in school. Thanks Mom, for being such a great Mom, being there FOR me and WITH me, and loving me so well! Thanks for inspiring me to be a mom who is involved deeply with my kids. I hope that I can be as giving and loving to them as you were to me. And I promise I'll never tell Chad and Curt that you said I was your favorite (nudge nudge wink wink) ! :)
I'm so thankful for my mother-in-law as well! Thanks for having Nathan and for encouraging and supporting him as he grew up to be the man he is today. Thanks for always being his biggest cheerleader for his desires to serve God on the mission field! One example of this that is so awesome is when you let everyone know that for your 50th birthday (that was just last year, right?) your desire was for your friends and family to send support to World Team for us, instead of spending anything on you. Thanks! And thanks for showering me with your love, in the various forms that it came (among other serious things: the color orange, smiley faces and socks -- by the way I'm not bringing any socks back from Africa...so if you see any that you know I'll like get them for me please!). And I'm not embarrassed to tell everyone that I'm your "favorite youngest daughter-in-law". I love you both and hope that you each have a wonderful day! We will see you in just a few short weeks!!!
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Laurel,
Thank you for those kind words and Happy Mother's Day to you. How could I not help but to love a daughter like you - the first girl and first granddaughter in the family. You were very much loved. Now you get to be a wonderful Mother to 3 awesome children. It's so much fun being a Grandmother and look forward to having "Grandmom time" with Nandry, Bo and Asher.
Love you lots and see you soon.
Mom
Laurel, you'll always be my "favorite youngest daughter in law" :-). I could not have hand picked a better helpmate for Na or a better mother for Na, Bo and Asher! Thank you for loving God and loving your family....can't wait to see you! Love you more than you'll ever, ever know.
VA Mom
Couldn't be a better "favorite"... I'm cool with that.
Hey, funny you talk about Shady Maple... I was telling Christina a few months ago why I like to go shopping there so much... it brings back all the good memories of shopping with Mom (and eating in the cafe and getting ice cream and walking through Goods Store).
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