Thank You Lord for my mama!!

She has taught me to love being outside,
she has taught to support our servicemen,

she has taught me to cherish friends and family,

she has taught me to love to read and learn,

and much more!

Yesterday I was taking a wee babe from the nursery down to the gym so his mother wouldn't have to walk all the way up to the church building where the nursery is. Another mother had come and got her baby and I was walking with her. As we were walking she said that she didn't see how my aunt (who does the nursery every Wed. and Sun. during Sun. school) had the patience that she did to be with babies that much! Well, in reply I simply said, "She's just Aunt Carol." And then she went on to say that she didn't know how my mama did it with seven when she only had three and at times she felt as though she could just pull her hair out and that we were all just so well mannered and that it seemed as though Mama never got mad. And I just told her that we all have our days and that the worst was when Mama would tell us to go sit in the bathroom while she drank a cup of coffee and then she came in there to talk to us and a little more! And when I told her that the look on her face was worth a million dollars!

She said, "Ya'll got spanked?"

"Oh yeah." I said in reply.

And I went on to tell her that I had a mouth and she was like,

"You? But you're just so sweet and nice."

So I said,

"Maybe I am, but I am like that because my mama did spank me."

And then she asked if spanking me finally cured my mouth and

I said, "Oh no. Liquid soap was what did it!"

The look on her face was priceless!

My mama knew that if she didn't do that, then I would grow to be one the rudest people you ever met because I wasn't afraid to say or tell anyone anything! And because of my mama and the Lord I am not like that. But, like I said above we all have our days and she is always there to help me through those days!

Dear Lord,
Thank you for my mama!
A woman who was not afraid to discipline her child!
Thank you for giving me the mother that I have so that she could help mold me
into who I am today!
She is not only a dear friend but she is a awesome mother!