Loving my HERO from now till forever...

Today was the day my Mom delivered me 31 years ago- So really it is a day to celebrate her sacrifices for 10 months in pregnancy and throughout- all the way to today. 

As we head into a weekend of celebration I am thinking so much about my friends and family that make special times- special. Each of my friends are so unique and have qualities that make them special and beautiful in their differences. My mom has been such an incredible blessing to my life- God was so gracious to give her to me. 

¹⁶ “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you. (deut 5:16). 

Sometimes I think about what God had in store when he commanded us to honor our parents. I looked up the word... 

Honor:  1. esteem somebody or something: to have or show great respect and admiration for somebody or something 2. exalt somebody: to recognize somebody publicly or elevate somebody's status officially, usually by giving that person a title or an award 3. pay tribute to somebody: to publicly praise somebody who has died and pay respects to him or her 4.dignify somebody or something: to give prestige to somebody or something such as an occasion by choosing to appear, accompany, or take part

I think back on my life and all the "seasons" of my relationship with my mom. As a young child, a pre-teen, a teenager and college student, as a new wife and now as the grandmother to my little boy. She has had so many opportunities to give up on me or lose faith in me- and she never has. 

My Mom has fought through a lot in her life and continues to be the most spiritual woman I have ever met. This year I learned a whole new level of respect for my mom 

and I will be here loving my hero until the day I die. 

Click here to listen to the song on you tube...

I wanted to close out this post withe the lyrics to a song I dedicate to mom:

by Jamie O Neal called Somebody's Hero...

She's never pulled anyone from a burning building
She's never rocked Central Park to a half a million fans, screaming out her name
She's never hit a shot to win the game
She's never left her footprints on the moon
She's never made a solo hot air balloon ride, around the world, 
No, she's just your everyday average girl (but)

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her baby with a skinned up knee
A little kiss is all she needs
The keeper of the cheerios
The voice that brings Snow White to life
Bedtime stories every night
And that smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

oh oh 
She didn't get a check every week like a nine-to fiver
But she's been a waiter, and a cook and a taxi driver
For twenty years, there at home, until the day her girl was grown
Giving all her love to her was her life's ambition
But now her baby's movin' on, and she'll soon be missin' her
But not today, those are tears of joy runnin' down her face

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her daughter in her wedding dress
She gave her wings to leave the nest
It hurts to let her baby go down the aisle she walks right by
Looks back into her mother's eyes
And that smile lets her know oh oh oh 
She's somebody's hero

Thirty years have flown right past
Her daughters' starin' at all the photographs
Of her mother, and she wishes she could be like that
Oh, but she already is

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her mother in a rockin' chair
She runs a brush through her silver hair
The envy of the nursing home
She drops by every afternoon
Feeds her mother with a spoon
And that smile lets her know oh oh 
Her mother's smile lets her know oh oh 
She's somebody's hero