GCC: So as ML, Lily, and I started planning out our Mother's Day, we knew that we had each of our Mothers to plan gifts for...and in that planning we also realized that this was OUR first Mother's Day. I think growing up, it's hard for children to comprehend all their parents do for them. I know that at Christmas, Birthdays, and Mother and Father's Day, we would give them gifts and write cards....and then immediately ask, "When is Kid's Day?" My concept of what a parent did was about as small as a student understanding what a teacher does. Or a movie goer realizing all a director does. As a kid I saw the outcome (I have a house, food, and get to do neat things), but I didn't see (or understand) what went into making it all happen.
Now that we have Lily and I see how much ML has done in these short six months, I can't imagine the work and love that went into raising all of us Coles and Beas. First, Mary Lynn is the perfect mom. She loves Lily for starters. And by that I don't mean that fake stuff you see in the movies. ML glows when she sees Lily. Lily smiles and laughs at the sound of her mother's voice. That is not an overnight thing. That comes from nine months of nurturing, then countless nights and afternoons of caring. ML gets up at night, takes care of her through the day, and then has the strength and love to tell me to relax when I get home from "work". She asks what I did during the day, and I have some lame story about what I taught or how practice was. Then she talks about all the things that the girls did during the day. She comments on changes in facial expressions, new noises, new movements, and sometimes new smells. She laughs when she talks about how Lily wakes up happy and gets me laughing when she shows me the pictures or videos she took during the day.
A Mother's love is different than almost any love. When you are dating, you are trying to impress. When you are married, you are trying to serve. A Mother works, labors, toils, cries, cheers, and teaches...knowing that their child will never know the extent that they went through just to get them to crawl much less get the skills necessary for life. I can only now begin to really appreciate all that my parents went through in raising me, and I am so happy that Lily has such a wonderful person, mother, and wife that will be the best role model that any young woman could ever have.
So to all the Mothers out there....your children appreciate you and love you even if sometimes they don't really know exactly why. And for the children who grow up with happy memories and who don't ever realize all the hard work that went into raising them, well, that just might be the best Mother's day gift of all.
Now that we have Lily and I see how much ML has done in these short six months, I can't imagine the work and love that went into raising all of us Coles and Beas. First, Mary Lynn is the perfect mom. She loves Lily for starters. And by that I don't mean that fake stuff you see in the movies. ML glows when she sees Lily. Lily smiles and laughs at the sound of her mother's voice. That is not an overnight thing. That comes from nine months of nurturing, then countless nights and afternoons of caring. ML gets up at night, takes care of her through the day, and then has the strength and love to tell me to relax when I get home from "work". She asks what I did during the day, and I have some lame story about what I taught or how practice was. Then she talks about all the things that the girls did during the day. She comments on changes in facial expressions, new noises, new movements, and sometimes new smells. She laughs when she talks about how Lily wakes up happy and gets me laughing when she shows me the pictures or videos she took during the day.
A Mother's love is different than almost any love. When you are dating, you are trying to impress. When you are married, you are trying to serve. A Mother works, labors, toils, cries, cheers, and teaches...knowing that their child will never know the extent that they went through just to get them to crawl much less get the skills necessary for life. I can only now begin to really appreciate all that my parents went through in raising me, and I am so happy that Lily has such a wonderful person, mother, and wife that will be the best role model that any young woman could ever have.
So to all the Mothers out there....your children appreciate you and love you even if sometimes they don't really know exactly why. And for the children who grow up with happy memories and who don't ever realize all the hard work that went into raising them, well, that just might be the best Mother's day gift of all.
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