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A Tribute To Mom’s Nerves
 

A Quest to find the missing nerves:
  • I won’t mention the brain cancer thing, but I’m sure some of your nerves were left in that hospital.
  • Yellow fever at a cabin? All I can remember was falling down the stairs.
  • I ate the entire bottle of cherry cough syrup… more than once. There was also the pennies, rat poison, glue, ink, and other “unidentified tablets”. You had the poison control number memorized!
  • Some of your nerves were probably left up my nose with all the other things I liked to hide up there.
  • First gymnastics meet you saw of mine I landed on my neck straight from a handstand off the vault. I just froze in that position with my head sticking out all the way to the floor! I still don’t even know how I had enough talent to do that.
  • Some of your nerves were devoted to all the Practicing for those gymnastics meets that was done in your house and around your kids. This lead to damaged kids and damaged furniture along with holes in your walls.
  • Taking me to the department store,especially Goodies, was always a test on your nerves. I didn’t like getting lost either mom!

 

  •  Driving, driving, driving, this is where at least half of your nerves have went. When it came to driving I cant take all the credit. I have four other accomplices (and you know who you are) that have helped. We were greedy with those nerves, but at least you got a front row seat for some of it! Being our teacher, the five of us drivers would always call you first when we had any certain… well they were really just mishaps I’d say.
                     1.    Behind TAG gym when one of us forgot which was
                           the gas vs the brakes.
                     2.   There was that time with the little
                           mis-understanding of whether it was correct to park
                            inside or outside the gas station. You got the
                           call that we had made the wrong decision on which
                            way it went.
                     3.   The day Mr ’81 Clunker got bumped to death. To be honest,
                            none of us liked that car anyway.
                     4.   That other day I made the executive decision to pause in pursuit of a cousin of that 81
                           clunker going 60mph. My elbow still remembers that day, but I’m sure your nerves do too.
                     5.   Something about one of us driving your car head on into someone else’s car with your other
                           kids in it?  The car didn’t make it but at least the kids did.
  • Some of your nerves went to the streets of India, when they got to cross the streets with me!
  • Some of your nerves can be found on those stairs in England. You know which ones I mean;-)
  • And some of your nerves have been left all across the world by them coming on this crazy trip with me!
  • I could go on for a few more years probably, but it might make your nerves remember their nervousness. So now to something a little more serious.

            To one of my all time heroes,
   Mom, I love you I love you I love you! You deserve so much more credit and appreciation than I am even capable of giving you. Not only did you bring me into this life, you were the one that brought me to Jesus and told me about the next life. Ever since I was a little girl you have instructed me on ways of the Bible. Not only have I learned from your wisdom and words, but I have learned from the life you live. I have learned so much by the example you have led of what a woman of God looks like. You are a Proverbs 31 woman who’s worth exceeds that of the most treasured jewels in all the earth. Your husband and children are so blessed by you everyday. We have risen and called you blessed:-) You are my hero through the way you serve and love. You have poured out more love on me than is humanly possible to give. In all areas of your life you excel. You are so incredibly intelligent! Along with that you are such a graceful teacher in teaching me all those facts you remember.
You are such a good role model to me in what it means to be a Godly wife. I treasure the relationship you have with Dad. There is absolutely no better mission impossible partner;-) You have spent a good portion of your life carrying one of us seven kids around with you all the time in your belly. The majority of the rest of your life has been devoted to being a nurturing, caring, wonderful, beautiful mom. You have spent a lifetime educating all seven of us through home school. You have given up a world of your own desires and wants to focus on our desires and wants. You have dreamed with me, and helped me do things I thought were impossible. You have also brought me back down to earth when I was dreaming too long. I’ve missed your back massages from carrying around my pack all year. I’ve missed our crazy dance parties and stealing your popcorn. I’ve most especially missed the easy accessibility of your listening ear and wise counsel. You’ve always been there for me, even when I felt like the rest of the world was against me. Even at times when you had every reason to be against me, but you still weren’t. Through the countless tears of disappointments and struggles to the eternally more uproarious laughs of victories and triumphs. You’ve been either by my side or just a phone call away. I’m so glad to be where God has placed me right now, but at the same time I wish I could be there with you on this special day. Happy Mother’s Day! I love you so much!
~Forever your “Dannygirl” (no matter where I am in the world)
Missing one VERY important brother, but six very cool sisters.
 
There’s the much needed brother. Plus an added one.
And I know your granddaughter aggrees with everything up here:-)
 

 Happy Mothers Day Mom!