My Mom's Love Helps Me Understand God's Love Deeper

Happy Mother's Day!!

It is Mother's Day and yesterday I was thinking about how amazing my mom is. She is beautiful, strong, independent, and loving. She deserves the world. 

As a single mom she is even more amazing. She loves my brother and I enough for two parents. This woman is my super hero because she has taken care of us all on her own. I don't know how she does it, but she always makes it work.  She gives us everything she can. She even goes out of her way to sacrifice for us. My mom is strong and brave. 

My mom loves me with a love like none other. My moms love helps me understand just how much God really loves me. There are times when the only love I know is the love of God and my mom. If my mom's love overflows the way it does, what does God's love look like?

My mom is there when I call her freaking out over a big exam. She even answers into the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning to help me sort through the struggles in life. My mom is the best at helping me put the pieces back together. 

Oh, and she is the best at encouraging me to shake it off when a boy breaks my heart. My mom reminds me of my worth and will always tell me I can do better when she knows it's true. 

A mother is an angel given to a little girl to take care of her, then to become her best friend when she gets older. My mom is just that! She is my best friend and there is nothing that can come between us. 

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Mom, 

I seriously don't know where I would be with out you! I look up to you so much! I hope that one day I can be half the person you are. You have been through so much, yet you remain so strong. Your faith in Jesus remains even stronger. 

For almost 20 years you have been my mom. You have been there with me through it all. You were the one person who has never left my side. I have been through so much, but some how you never lost hope in me. Thank you for believing in me even when I didn't believe in myself. 

Mom, thank you for raising me right. Thank you for letting me tell you anything. There are not many people who can honestly say their parent knows everything about them, but I can say that about you and me. You and me have a special kind of relationship and I would not change it for the world. 

You have became my best friend. You are the most hip mom out there. I don't know many moms who relive their college years with their kids, but you are not afraid to do just that. I appreciate your company so much, even when you wish I would just stop talking. That is the reason I call you so much. Every time we part ways I feel like I lost a part of my self for a while. 

Thank you for providing for me even when it is hard. Thank you for coming to all my events through the years. Even though I am almost 20 I think I look up to you more now than when I was a little girl. 

I have the most amazing mom in the world! Mom do not ever forget how beautiful and strong you are!

Love, 
Your Little Girl
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Okay, so you get it, my mom is such a special person to me! I am going to just stop now before I get even more emotional as I sit her listing to "Don't Forget To Remember Me" by Carrie UnderWood.

Your mamas deserve to be treated like queens more than just 1 day out of 365! I love you mom, incase I have not said that already. 
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