Because she is a mother.

Yes, I took that title from Elder Holland's talk but I love that talk and have been thinking about it a lot lately. I especially been thinking about the lines he quotes at the very beginning from Victor Hugo, “She broke the bread into two fragments and gave them to her children, who ate with eagerness.‘She hath kept none for herself,’ grumbled the sergeant.‘Because she is not hungry,’ said a soldier.‘No,’ said the sergeant, ‘because she is a mother.’

Being a parent is probably the biggest responsibility given to a person. When I see kids my age, younger, or even older, that are doing the "wrong thing" I often think, "Where is your mother?" "What would your mother think?" or even, "Do you know that your mother loves you?" Everyone wants to be loved by a mother, but not everyone has that blessing. Look at the Lost Boys from Peter Pan, for example. Peter brought Wendy to NeverLand to be their Mother. Girls carry around dolls, mothering them and boys want their mommy to make it better. Even society recognizes this, example: Mcdonalds commercial where parents are fighting to give their son the happy meal, the dad ends up giving it to the boy but he replies with a, "Thanks Mom!"

With this, I have been reflecting on my own Mother. Today, I wasn't the best daughter, I will 100% admit I was disrespectful. However, my mother should always know how much I admire her. My mom is crazy, but the good crazy. I know my mom would kill for me and my brothers. I know my mother will do whatever she can for me. Looking at my mother's life I feel like I haven't accomplished half the things she has. At 16, my mother was on her own. At 18, she was married and traveled to a FOREIGN country to meet in laws she had never met. How did she do it? How can one person work up that courage? And me....well I don't even like going to the store alone. Sometimes I feel like she is unfair or she doesn't "get it". But she does, she gets it more than I could imagine. At least I don't have a mother like Precious did. If you havent seen that movie...YOU SHOULD! Be aware of the 100+ "f words". That is an example of what a mother SHOULD NOT BE!

Being a mother is something that I know I want to do. I love school and I love my major but in the end I know that being a mother is my calling from Heavenly Father. In my Patriarchal Blessing it talks about being a mother. That is probably my favorite thing. I know it will be hard and I know I will cry and fight but because I have such an amazing mother I can do it.

To conclude, here are somethings I admire about my mother, I should probably tell her.
* She is beautiful. Truly, inside and out. She is rough around the edges but she is genuinely beautiful.
* She is understanding. I can tell her ANYTHING and she won't judge me. She is my favorite liberal. (:
* She is giving. When my mom sees a homeless person, she gives them money without thinking. When she sees someone in trouble she tries her hardest to help them out.
* She gets her way. This woman can get you to refund her money you didnt know she could.
* She loves thrifting and gets excited about finding "new, old" things.
*She puts her kids first.
*She shares, even when she doesn't want to.
*She will take every kid to their favorite restaurant, in the same day, to make everyone happy.
*She makes yummy dinner
*She laughs at herself; she is HILARIOUS!
*She is in touch with more spiritual things then she thinks.
*She tries to be organized but isn't at all
*She sends me texts everyday saying she loves me.
*She wants me to be happy and believes in me.

So in the end, thanks Mom. You are the best. No matter what you think, everything I have accomplished is all because of you. I am sorry when I am a pain. I am sorry when I don't say these things enough and you don't feel it. I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!