My Dear Mother

Recently I've been thinking a lot about my mom and how great of a woman she is. :) Coming to college has helped me to realize how much she has done for me, and I know I can't even fathom half of it.

For starters, my mom is a DANG good cook.  I mean, I always knew this, but you never REALLY think about it until you have to cook for yourself...all the time...and it stinks ;P  Let's just say that I may or may not have burned a dish in the microwave...and almost burned a lid...and questioned why my chicken wasn't cooking after realizing 20 minutes later that I had the wrong burner on...hey, it's harder than it looks, alright? ;P Needless to say, I will forevermore appreciate my mother's cooking much more.

Thinking about a recent conversation I had with my friend about being the youngest of eight children, I realized how awesome it is that I never felt like I was raised by my older siblings or that I wasn't loved just as much.  My mom was definitely busy, being a mother, a wife, a homemaker, teaching early morning seminary for part of that.. and yet she always had time to take care of me.  I remember coming home from school every day in elementary school and sitting at the table while she helped me and my sister with our homework.

I'm also extremely blessed to have parents who help me pay for college...I couldn't do it without them...like...at all. That's all I'm gonna say on that matter for now, thank you Mom and Dad!

I am so grateful that my mom is so supportive of me, both of my interests and of my values.  My mom was there at every possible recital and concert all throughout my life, and she really encourages me to continue.  The other day I was feeling pretty bummed about my voice and my future in the vocal field, and I called my mom.  It was really nice to talk to her and she helped me out a lot.  Along with how my mom is supportive of my values, she encourages me to be the best person I can be and to not settle or sell myself short.  She is SUPER good at helping me make decisions and encouraging me to do what's right.  After all, she's one who engraved such high standards into me to start with:)

Thinking about this and how I probably don't even realize half of what my parents do for me, it gets me thinking about just how much my Heavenly parents have done for me...I cannot even fathom just how much it is..I owe them EVERYTHING.  After all, they gave me my parents here on earth, along with every single other thing I have:)

I'm just so grateful to have such amazing parents.

I love you Mom!:)