Dedication to my Mum
In the spirit of Mothers Day, I wanted to write a post about how much my mum means to me and how much I appreciate everything she has done and sacrificed for me, my brother and sisters.
This amazing woman not only gave birth to me and walked me down the aisle but she raised me to be strong and independent. She taught me to have confidence in myself and know that whatever I wanted to do if I set my mind to it and focused, I could achieve it. She showed me that I can be an individual and don’t have to follow the crowd. I can say no when I don’t agree and yes because I want to. I can be myself and not what I think everyone else wants.
She showed me that a sense of humour is an incredible tool in life. When you feel like life has dropped you in the middle of cactus field with nowhere to go, you can laugh or should I say pull the prickles out and know tomorrow will be better. She had a tough life but grew into a stronger and better person for it. This resilient woman sacrificed so much for us that I can’t even begin to list them.
My mum was tough at times when I was growing up but it was always for our own benefit. It has really only been since I’ve become a mum myself that I have realised this, well you know when your younger but you don’t appreciate it. I do now!
She let us be kids and she joined in too. She let us set up camp with our mattresses in the hall way, she baked us cookies and cakes. She was fun and adventurous or at least she pretended to be and that was good enough for us. She would have running races with us – man she was quick!
We learnt the difference between right and wrong and were allowed to make mistakes. Boy did we make some mistakes! She taught us values that are important and vital in life. Regardless what we did or even now what we do – she loves us unconditionally.
She had a ‘verbal’ list of what we called her favourite things to say. ‘Do we live in a tent? – Shut the damn door’. ‘You’re not made of glass – get out of the way’! ‘I should make an ad telling you to do your jobs – maybe then you’ll remember them’. There are so many more but I now find myself using these horrible and annoying lists of *mum quotes* that I swore I would never say. How wrong was I!?
Her door was and still is always open when we want or need to talk. I love that she didn’t try and be my ‘best friend’ – she tried to be a great mum and she was. She is. She is the kind of mum I strive to be.
She made us laugh, she made us cry, she made us strong, she let us be vulnerable and she let us be brave. She let us be ourselves!
She is amazing, she is beautiful and she is my Mum.
Thank you for everything you have done for me, you mean the world to me.
I love you.
xx Kell
I love this post. I hope my daughters can write something like this about me one day. Not for the ego but to let me know I did it right and raised some great people. Rachel x
Thank you so much. I’m sure your daughters will think the same or at least they will when they have kids of their own
What a beautiful post! I love that you say those ‘mum quotes’ too….my mum quotes just pop out of my mouth before I even know what I’m saying!
I know eaxctly what you mean, as soon as those words come out you want to reach out and grab them but its too late!