and a mom is....?

What makes a mom?

Is it that you can brag about being in labor for 12 hours without an epidural, or that your body has now gone down hill and you can’t get it back, and those ugly stretchmark’s….really get over it, some of us would kill for that awful morning sickness and stretchmark’s. However, in my opinion, these are not the only ways you can get in to the exclusive club of “Mom.”

While most moms get awakened at 3 p.m. with the sweet voice whispering “mom, I had a nightmare,”  mine would sound more like “Ashley, get in here, I can’t sleep,”  that would be more of a scream, than that beautiful whisper of that magically word “mom” that I so long to hear.  So maybe I am overreacting, I don’t think anything sounds sweet when it is 3 p.m. and all you want is those couple more hours of sweet bliss before you have to go work on the Monday morning. But really, mom has to make it sound better right…! 

I am a step mom…which still makes me feel like I carry the unspoken word of “evil” before it!   Let me reassure you that this, in fact, is not how our house operating.  Drake does not work as soon as the sun comes up into the late hours of the night.  He is allowed, if he wants, to go to balls and dances!  And if that shoe fits, I am more than happy to have him ride away on a white horse to the castle that he, as well as I, will be living in for eternity. 

Now do I consider myself lucky that Drake was a 2 year old boy when I started playing the “mom” role in his life, HELL YES.  I don’t think I could have dealt with a sixteen year old girl, that hates that I took her moms place…than yes, that girl would be cleaning toilets.

Now even though I don’t posses any of these qualities that automatically get you inducted into the “Hall of Mom,” I am still a mom, and a damn good one!  I am there every morning to scream “GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF BED!” and I get to use the very popular phrase “Because I Said So…” I attended almost every football, baseball, wrestling, gymnastic, track meet, school play, parent teacher conference…blah, blah, blah, and I pretend to love it.  But secretly, I really do love every second of it.  So even if we don’t share blood, he is still my son, and he means the whole entire world to me!

Happy Mothers Day Mom!

I consider myself very lucky to have the mom that I have.  I know everyone considers theirs "the best," but mine really is!  Growing up she was everywhere we were! Which at the time was not cool, but looking back I can't think of a single activity or event that she wasn't at. She was at every tack meet, one-act, speech meet…and all the other mom duties.  Now being a parent myself, I realize just how hard it is to make all those things.

She was the type of mom you could tell what was going on, and she wouldn't get upset, she would just listen without judging.  I remember telling here about the night we…..well maybe we shouldn’t go into any specific details (dad might see this…!!)  But she just looked at me and we kept on walking! I know how difficult that must have been now that I have a child of my own.  I think I would have punched Drake…hard, and grounded him for eternity! 

Even now every time I talk with her she makes me feel special and loved.  So thank you mommy, for always being there.  For showing me what being a mom means, and setting a very high standard in which to reach in my own parenting adventure. 

4th Grade Track Meet

What a great day for a track meet!  Such great weather, crazy since we just had a snow day a week ago!  We tried a few new events this year, and improved like crazy in some others.  That high jump is quite a feet when you have the shortest legs!  Drake did the 50, 400, High Jump and the 4 x 100.  I added some of my favorite pictures from the meet.  The first one is great, for the simple fact that it has some of the closet friends he has!  Blake, Drake, Aiden, Landen....

 



 

This one is one of my favorites.  I have to say I am pretty proud of myself for getting this picture.  It really show the effort that he put forth!

 

Can't have a track meet without some ribbons!

RESULTS

 

50 - 3rd

400 - 4th

4 x 100 - 2nd

High Jump - Well those short little legs did awesome but...

 



Thankful

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about what God has done for my family and I.  It seems like everyone around me is going through something that is life altering…divorce, preparing for the loss of a husband or the sickness of a child.  It makes me think back to 2 years ago, when we ourselves, were going through a very rough time and we didn’t know how it was going to turn out. 

We prayed every day and every moment that God would do what was best for Drake.  Every time we hit a hurdle it was as if we lost a bit our faith.  Looking back at all the different things we prayed for, we are very lucky that God did not grant us these prayers, as we would be somewhere completely different than where we are today.  What we have now is so much more amazing than what we could have planned for ourselves.  We are truly blessed.

I hope that God has a great plan for what we are battling now.  I know that He is with us and will help us through it.  I just hope that he hurries it up a little, that girl is getting VERY impatient!