Happy Mother’s Day Weekend!

*The video portion of this post is sponsored*

With Mother’s Day Sunday many of us take this day to reflect on how blessed we are to have our Mom’s in our life.  We also spend this time with our own children and cherishing those special moments.  I always tell people, I never really truly knew unconditional love till I became a mother.  A mother’s Job is one of the hardest jobs we take on as women.  We are faced with many challenges over the years, however it’s also the most rewarding job we have in life.

As a mom myself I look back and appreciate both of my mother’s even more.   What many of you don’t know is I was not raised but my bio mother.   I was adopted by my aunt and uncle when I was 2 days old!  I had, well have the picture perfect family. I didn’t even know I wasn’t their bio child till I was starting middle school.  Even when I learned the truth it didn’t even matter.  True, I was shocked and didn’t fully understand but I knew I was loved.    So now that I am an adult and mom myself I still don’t know how I could possible give enough thanks to both of my mother’s.  Words can’t express how grateful I am that my bio mother put my best interest at heart when she decided she couldn’t raise me.  I wish I could say that now that I am an adult we have that special mother –daughter bond, but we don’t. However I am still very grateful to her.  To the woman I call mom, words can’t express how much I love and appreciate her.  The woman and mother I am today is because of her.  She taught me how to love, forgive, pray, patience, respect and discipline.  But most of all she taught me that blood don’t always make a family.  She always puts her kid’s needs above her own.  Even though I was not her bio child she never made a difference between her kids. We were all treated the same.    As she gets older her heath is not in the best condition and it is breaking my heart to watch her go through so much pain.  I just wish I could take it all away.  She will be having major spine surgery in a couple of weeks and I can tell in her voice how scared and worried she is.  However, she still is trying to remain calm for us and put our fears to rest. She is one of the most amazing women I know! If I can be half of the woman and mother she has been I will be happy.

So when I ran across the Pillsbury Mother’s day Video that is above I admit I had tears in my eyes when I watched it. The song in the video describes exactly how I feel. So make sure to take a look!  But make sure you have some tissue!

So with that I want to take this time to wish all the wonderful Mother’s a Happy Mother’s day  weekend to all the women who love a child unconditionally and nurture authentically…whether from the womb or not. God bless you! You may not hear how much you are appreciated and sometimes you may even feel unappreciated but trust me you are!! Sometimes we just don’t know how to put it in words but THANK YOU!!