Happy Mother's Day Mom!

I stumbled across this picture this morning and spent a few minutes pondering on it. This is my amazing Mom in 1945. Some thoughts on my Mom:

• One of the hardest workers I know. She was forced to go back to work when I was young, but I never knew it. She managed a home, job and four kids and never complained, once. She was home before I was home from school and never missed a beat.


• She could make a dollar go farther than anyone. She was very frugal and could magically make enough for everyone, provide gifts, do whatever she had to do on a dime. Amazing.


• She was incredibly caring. We had a blue rocking chair and many wounds were healed in long conversation in that chair (internal and external).


• She is incredibly intelligent. She has a love of books and could read an entire 800 page book in two or three sittings. She was always (and is always) reading.


• She sings beautifully. I've always found comfort in her singing voice. She sang in all the elite choirs in high school and at BYU. She still sings in her amazing church choir. I always found a spiritual depth to her as a kid when she would sing. I would look up and feel like the words were directly from her heart, as if she wrote them. At that time I believed she did write them.


• Her faith. Unmovable. PERIOD. She is steadfast and firm, never wavering. I am most grateful for this.


• Her humor. We've enjoyed many moments where we laugh so hard we are crying. Actually, laughing so hard one is crying - that's her thing and it's kinda funny.
• She is an amazing Grandma to my kids. My girls have affectionately called the guest room "Grandma Sherri's room" and they have in the past wanted their hair to be "Grandma Sherri hair." She is coming to visit in a few weeks and will stay for two weeks and we are thrilled. The gals can't wait to watch Enchanted with her.

WE LOVE YOU MOM!