Lily has felt like her body is breaking down because of all that she does for our family, which seriously is so much. Cooking, cleaning, music practice, organizing trips, scheduling and organizing lessons, teaching kids to be clean, polite, hard-working safe is an endless job that so often does not get the praise and attention it deserves.
The name of the game today was to give our heroine a BREAK. I walked the dog in the morning and the kids and I made her breakfast in bed. Lily stayed in bed until noon where she finished a book by Terry Tempest Williams.
The kids were amazing helpers. Not only did they help with breakfast, but Lydia made a sweet card, and Mary and Ammon made beautiful pictures for her.
In the afternoon, we took it easy and then her Georgia cme over and we had a nice Gyro dinner. It was so nice to see her. She is always so sweet and kind, even when she isn’t feeling the best, which she wasn’t tonight. I also got to talk to my mom, my grandma, and Suzanne on the phone.
Lily said it was one of her favorite, if not her favorite mother’s day ever. All we did was give her a break. That speaks to how hard she works for this family. I cannot wait until all the kids are in school and life is not quite so crushing of a pace for her. Lily, we love you! I love you and cannot thank you enough for all the thought and planning you put into our children an their future, all the imagination you put into creating joy, magic and wonder for them, all of the intention and discipline you put into their training, all the sweat and toil you put into giving them an environment that is clean and peaceful, and all of the love you put into your affirmations of love for them. We love you so much, and there could not be a better mother for our children!