With Love from Elgin: Happy Mother's Day!

The other day I was in Target picking up some baby essentials for a few baby showers I am going to next weekend. As I walked through the aisles, looking at all of the little babies on the packages and all of the teeny, tiny baby things, I just started crying with joy for my friends. It was a mix of feeling: I can't believe my friends and I are at the baby age and I am thankful for my mom and the women in my life who helped raise me.

It felt like just yesterday we were all graduating from college and in the wedding phase of our lives. I am sure it is surreal for our mothers to have watched us all grow up and change from little girls to women.

This is a picture from our last college girl wedding. Columbia College Class of 2007.

The older I get, the more I notice how selfless, dedicated, loving, and kind mothers are. I don't stop to think about how many mothers are around me all the time, but you are everywhere! The best thing my mom ever told me was that I could be anything I wanted to be. No one could tell me different. She is who helped me get to Africa and find my passion in missions because she has always believed in me. I am thankful for my mom, my grandmother, my aunts, and all the other women who helped raise me.

Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful, beautiful, selfless mothers out there! I hope you have a beautiful day!