I was inspired today after reading a blog post on http://www.beverlydillow.com to write
a post on the most inspiring woman I know, my mother.
I feel very blessed to have such a remarkable woman in my life and I wanted to share
with you all a little bit about her and how she has impacted my life and
some of the things she taught me.
For as long as I can remember, my life has been pretty good. I can say that I have been very blessed. I pretty much grew up as an Army child and we moved around quite often.
(I think I at least went to about 6 elementary schools).
Having moved around so much, I made and said goodbye to many
"friends". I can say as a child I could be bossy and as my mother says, "just flat out mean".
Lesson #1: Be kind and respectful to others.
There is story that my mother likes to talk about from my childhood and it goes a
little something like this...
I remember one day when you were little, the little girl from down the street knocked on
the door because she had wanted to come and play with you. You (talking about me) open the door and said," What are you doing here? I didn't ask you to come over here. Don't come over unless I tell you to come over." I then proceeded to close the door in my friends face. When I turned around my mother said, "Mimi ( my nickname) that was not nice and you should not treat
people like that." Even though my friend came over many more times and played with me after that I found myself trying to be more kind and respectful to others.
Even to this day when I find myself wanting to say something bad to others or wanting to stop doing nice things for people , I think to myself
(I have to be kind and respectful ) because my mother taught me to always be kind and respectful, even when others are not to you.
When I started the fourth grade my parents got divorced and we moved to Texas. I can say that I was very excited to move here back then because the majority of my family lives down here. I can't say I took my parents divorce very hard in the beginning because I was so excited to be with the rest of my family. Also since I was a military child I was used to my dad not being around a lot due to him being over seas. What I didn't expect was my mother having to work so much to provide for me and my other siblings (I was used to my mother being home).
Lesson #2: Life can be rough but we must push on.
The move started out fine at first, we lived in a nice townhome and I enjoyed my new elementary school. But the next year, things changed. We moved to a somewhat "hooded" area. I hated my elementary school at first but there were some aspects later on that made it more bearable. The kind of children and people were way different than what I was used to and on top of that, my dad stopped coming to visit me. My mother worked hard to provide for us. When I looked back and think about how she made sure we had what we needed even though she was going through a difficult transition in life, I am grateful. We didn't starve, we had clothes on our back, and shoes on our feet. Even though all our lives had changed, she did what she had to do and in doing so, showed me how to be a strong and independent woman.
(By the way my mom did remarry and he is a great Christian man and a wonderful father)
Even though my mother has taught me many things, I'm going to conclude with this last lesson.
Lesson # 3: God takes care of his children.
I wouldn't say that growing up we were a very Christian household. There were times where we went to church all the time and other times where we just didn't. When we moved
to Texas, we began going back to church every Sunday.
Eventually I started to see a change in my mother. She didn't
listen to certain kinds of music anymore. She was reading her Bible and she looked more happier.
Almost nothing makes me more happier than seeing my mother happy.
I believe that the change I saw in my mother came out of her obtaining a relationship with God and seeing everything the Lord has put in her life and seeing all the blessings he has given her has been amazing.
I have watched my mother who I have always thought to be a beautiful, tender loving, and generous woman grow more into a virtuous, supportive, and happier person as well as what I've always seen her to be.
I love my mother very much and I am glad that the Lord blessed me to be her daughter.
I hope you all have a happy Mother's Day and I hope you all think about what our mother's do for us everyday. Until next time, have a wonderful day and thanks for following me down my glitter pink road.
-Tamikca-
