Mother's Day

I haven’t been able to write in awhile because I haven’t felt up to it.  And right now, I both do and don’t want to write.  Nonetheless, here we go!

We just wrapped up our Mother’s Day program on Friday, May 11.  Mother’s Day is celebrated here in Mexico every year on May 10.  We decided to set our program for that Friday and a good number of mothers came out.  I was very nervous beforehand because we had not been able to practice as much for this performance as we had for Christmas and it seemed that this time around the kiddos had more ants in their pants, if you know what I mean.  I felt even worse because I ended up yelling at them more than usual, taking out on them what was a short timeline – not their fault at all.  But my mom gave me some solid advice and I prayed that God would allow us to simply be focused, calm and have a good time that day.  I planned to only say encouraging things to the children on that Friday and I wrote down what I would say.  The difference was recognizable.   With those words, smiles from their moms and grace from God, they did so great!  So great.  I was running back and forth a bit, so the only thing I could have asked for was the opportunity to take some pictures.  But, other than that, I was very content with their performances.  A girl who usually doesn’t talk much sang like a champ.  Another who has been known to end up staring at her nails or playing with her hair did all the dance moves brilliantly.  Best of all, there was a special part where they had to get the timing just right to do a sort of spin/turn and (praise God!) they did it and it looked great!   Happy Mother’s Day to all the mommies out there.  You guys have a job that no one understands unless they are in your shoes.  Your words, actions, hugs, smiles, everything you do impacts us.  For better and for worse, you help make us who we are.  The words “thank you” is not enough by far…nor are any presents we could give you.  Personally speaking, there isn’t any gift I could give or anything I could say to show my mom what she means to me after all these years.  I love you Mom and I wish I could be there to celebrate YOU, with you!