Being a Mom!

Being a mom is an emotional ride!  In the past week I have had the following emotions as a mother:

1. Pride
2. Sadness
3. Disappointment
4. Happiness
5. Frustration
6. Joy
7. Nervousness
8. Anxiety
9. Fear
10. Loneliness

Being a mom is definitely not for the faint of heart!  You must be strong to be a mom!  My children are my everything.  Now that they are all out of the house and I am left with an empty nest I have had to go through quite an adjustment!  Luckily my youngest is just at college and still comes home at times!  This weekend she is in Florida for a speech competition and a few days of Spring Break.  I get to pick her up from the airport on Tuesday and she will be home till Sunday!  I am so excited to see her!  (Another emotion I failed to mention)  My middle son lives in a town close by and works where my husband works but on a different shift.  So I see him a few times a month.  He even stopped by this week and had pizza with us!  My oldest is in Idaho and is sadly serving some time in jail.  On the bright side he has gotten the counseling he needed and is doing well and should be out this summer.  We all have consequences for our actions and he is taking his like a man.  I wasn't there for him like I should have been when he was growing up and have a lot of guilty feelings over that! (Yet again, another emotion not on the list)  

The best thing I can do for my children is pray for them, which I do daily.  I am grateful that God loves my children even more than I do. (Which is hard for me to understand)

Mom