Sunday, May 10, 2015

My Biggest Cheerleader!


On my Mom's 84th birthday, I wrote a letter to her. "Perhaps no other activity can move the soul of a loved one more than that of a thoughtfully written letter. It is the least expensive gift we can give, and yet to the recipient, its worth is often priceless" {Miriam Lukken}. My Mom loved it and told me she didn't realize she was that good of a mother to me. Every time my Dad reads it, he cries. Words are VERY powerful. Write your Mother today! Here is the letter I wrote my Mom ~

 Dear Mom,

Thank you for the way you raised me. You wanted me to obey you so you spanked me and disciplined me so I would grow up to be a disciplined adult. You always made church a priority and made loving Jesus seem like the best things on earth. You let us know how wonderful sex was but only in the bonds of marriage. You encouraged me to save sex for my wedding night so I could one day stand before the godly man I wanted to marry and tell him that I had saved myself for him.

 Thank you for making life fun: drive-in movies with bags of popcorn and veggies, trips to Door County, Palm Springs, snow skiing, etc. Thank you for loving my friends and boyfriends; for an open-door policy where everyone was welcomed and you loved feeding everyone. Thank you for your generosity and loving to share your wealth with others. But mostly, thank you for loving me and being my biggest cheerleader; always encouraging me and comforting me through my childhood when I had just a few good girlfriends and during my adulthood when I had so much pain and suffering. You're the best mom I could have ever asked for.

I love you,
Lori

 Happy Mother's Day!!!

 She looks well to the ways of her household, 
and eats not the bread of idleness. 
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; 
her husband also, and he praises her.
Proverbs 31:27, 28

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Alina · 516 weeks ago

Happy mothers day to you Lori! Your blog has encoraged me to be a better wife and mother. i also wrote my mother a thoughtful note. Thank you!
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thejoyfilledwife 62p · 516 weeks ago

Happy Mother's Day, friend!
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bella · 516 weeks ago

Happy Mother's Day! Love your blog and the letter to your mother could not be better. You are helping so many women improve their lives and marriages. I am Catholic and put you on the book of intentions each Sunday, that the priests pray over. I hope your health is improving! Bless you.
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zbexrel 13p · 515 weeks ago

That was a beautiful letter, Lori. I live next door to my mother because we wanted our children to be near the one grandparent that was still living, and she has totally rejected me because we made different choices than she for the sake of our children. Yesterday my children and I tried to go over to her house with some flowers and she slammed the door in our faces. I have been used to this for a number of years, but each time it happens it hurts freshly. I have to accept it, and while time does make it easier and I have to learn that's just the way it is sometimes, I often wish I didn't have to see her most of the time.
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helen UK · 515 weeks ago

zbexrel, I am so sorry to hear about that sad situation with your Mum :(
The bible talks about this in Romans 12 vs 18 'If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men'. You are doing all you can to be at peace with her, so you are following our Lords commands. Sadly, we can't force the other party to be at peace with us.
She is missing out on so much and also filling herself with bitterness and unforgiveness too.

You say in your post you wish you didn't have to see her most of the time?....is it possible for a house move a little further away?.

You are in my prayers dear Sister, we are so blessed share a common bond of faith which means we can pray for each other and I pray that you have a 'spiritual Mum' or 'Mums' at your church who you can talk to and who can be surrogate Grandparents for your children.

Blessings to you
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zbexrel · 515 weeks ago

Thanks, Helen, right now it wouldn't be a prudent decision to try to move as we have a mortgage that is doable for us and we have almost paid the house off; since the children are getting older we are very grateful that we have been able to manage payments and look forward to going into their high school years without having to worry about a house payment, so right now we really should leave well enough alone in that department. We are a little crowded but we can make it do.

We do a have a lot of "grandparents" for the children at church; particularly one couple who was given the cross of infertility and have been married nearly thirty years now. Since they have no children or grandchildren, they utterly spoil all the others' children. :-)

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