Growing up, I don't think I could have been any different than my mom. We didn't really "get" each other for a long time. I was quiet and shy about my opinion. Mom was assertive and strong. People never really told me that I looked like my mom or acted like her.
Later on in high school my mom became one of my best friends. And I started to understand her more. And I think she started to understand me more too. Once I started working at the church, I started seeing my mom in action and picked-up different things about her. For the first time, after I started really coming into my work role there, people started to tell me that I was like my mom--in the way I looked and talked and in the way I did certain things. She didn't understand why I thought this was the coolest thing ever.
But it was.
My mom is a great leader, she's funny, she's creative, she's smart, she's a good wife, a great mother, an awesome friend. And most importantly, a strong woman of God. That's why I get a big smile on my face when people tell me that I remind them of my mother. One day, I hope to be a good mother, just like her.
Happy mother's day mommy, I love you.
