Ode to My mom

As mother's day approaches like all of us I'm thinking of my amazing mom. She's a very strong and determined woman. A lot of people think that she's not. A lot of people think my dad tells her what to do and that she follows along like a brainless zombie or something, but they obviously don't take the time to actually get to know her. She sasses my dad like none-other, she stands her ground, she has a brain in her head and she uses it. I'm glad for the example she is to me. When life seems unfair to her and hands her trails she finds others who have it worse off then she does. She taught me that someone always has it worse then you do, so don't get used to feeling sorry for yourself. She's the most creative person, and i get a lot of my creativity from her and my grandma. I'm thankful for it. She's got a strong testimony of the gospel. She has to to be willing to go to church every week and not understand all that's being said because she was called to go to the spanish branch. she set a goal to read as much out of the book of mormon as the missionaries were told to and she did it! I could keep going all day listing all of the amazing things she does and how amazing she is. I'm very thankful that i get to work with her every day. sometimes we can't hardly get anything done for laughing so much and other days we aren't as nice (mostly i'm not) as we should be. I'd call her every 10 minutes if we weren't already together every day. I love her very much!

I'm very blessed to have a mother in law who is so fantastic. She's tons of fun, and I'm glad she raised the amazing son that i married. She too is a great example of perseverance and testimony, along with acceptance and forgiving. Her family is a treasure to her, there's no questioning it.

In addition to my mother in law I get a bonus mom. That's how i think of her. Darren's Step mom is very loving and has a huge heart. I'm fairly certain she's going to maul me the day we announce we are having a baby.(not yet sorry). We have lots of fun going with the guys when they go "hunting" and looking for deer. And she always knows when i need to hear something. She's good to call and just talk to me.

So for all the "mom"s in my life i feel very loved and very grateful. I love them all and I hope i show it enough.