Mother's Day Reflections

Yesterday, I had the privilege of spending the day with my wife and both of our daughters. We enjoyed a wonderful morning of worship and lunch after service at one of our favorite places: Olive Garden. After lunch we spent the afternoon together and made a late evening stop by another of our favorite places: Starbucks. There is absolutely nothing on earth that brings more joy to my heart than spending time with my girls. They are always happy just doing simple things, as long as there's some Starbucks in the future.

Yesterday, I could not help but reflect on our first Mother's Day as parents. Kaitlyn was only 8 months old which seems like only yesterday. Now sixteen years later we can hardly believe how fast the time has gone by. This Mother's Day was special because our daughters painted a new swing for our front porch as a gift for their mother. Angie was so surprised when the girls gave it to her. Honestly, we had to do a lot of "lying" to tell Angie where the girls were when they were over at our neighbor's house painting the swing. Thankfully, she forgave us for all of our sinful acts. Nothing like grace, huh.

With each passing year Mother's Day become more special to me. Most of all because my daughters were privileged to be given the best mother any child could ever have. I am grateful that God prepared her for me long before I was aware of His providence. I am truly married to a "Proverbs 31 Woman". All I can say is "Thank You Jesus".