Happy Sunday to all of my beautiful friends! I have started to hint on here and other social medias that my Mom Mondays blog posts would be starting this week! To say that I am excited is a bit of an understatement. This idea came to life a while ago and we all know how busy life can get but I wanted to make this blog happen because it is something that I think all moms can share in. I have some awesome interviews lined up and I think it will be so fun to read about other parents and their experiences to know that we are not alone!
Even though it is not Monday, I wanted to share this post today because I wanted my mom to be the first person that I spoke about on here because after all, she is the reason that I am here and the person I am today and I wanted her to be the special introduction to this series of blogs. I was originally going to interview her for this first post, but I wanted to write my own heartfelt message to her because I felt that it is well-deserved. I still plan on interviewing her at a later time but wanted to shout out how awesome of a mother she is for this initial post.
I remember being a little girl and always feeling so special and so loved by mother. She made everything a big deal and while to her it may not have seemed like it was a big thing to her at the time, those special moments that she made are the things that I still remember to this day at the age of 32. She was always so proud of us (even though I knew I was not the best at some things) she always let me know that she thought I was the best and that my best was enough and ok. I remember her always being so patient and always taking her time with my siblings and I. I never felt like I had to compete for her attention. She made it look so effortless to equally spilt her time between my siblings and I and make us all feel the same love. My siblings and I were so lucky.
Moms make sacrifices that sometimes we don’t always see when we are younger. When we get older, we notice all the things that our parents went without just to see their children happy. My mom always made sure that we had everything we needed to survive in this world. She worked night shifts in the hospital and still was present and outside playing with us all day, even though I am sure she was exhausted.
One of the most important things my mom instilled in me was the love that God has for me. This has been an integral part of my life because even when I fell away from the Lord, she never stopped showing me His love and loving me the same. She always prayed for me and was always there for me no matter what.
Even as an adult, my mom is still there for me the same way that she was when I was younger. She is such a great “gigi” to my son and has been a great influence to how I am parenting my son.
I know everyone thinks they have the best mom but I feel so blessed that I had the mom I did.
To my mom, I see how hard you work. You take care of a lot of people in your family. You bounce from work, to making sure your parents are ok, to helping babysit my son so that I can go to work on your days off. You do so much for everyone and your love and dedication to your family does not go unnoticed. You have always been the best mom and I hope that you feel the love that your family has for you.
I can’t wait to interview my mom for an upcoming post but I felt that the first post should be a dedication to how much I love her and how appreciative I am of her. So I wanted to use the word love to help describe her.
L- You were always the most loving mom. Even when I am sure it was hard. Even when you were tired and exhausted. Even when we would make it difficult. Even when life threw every single curveball it could. You always were loving and always showed us love no matter what was going on around us.
O- You were always optimistic. You showed us that we could accomplish anything and everything we set our mind to. I know it was not easy going back to become an RN when you had three kids and were working, focusing on your own education and helping us get our homework done all at the same time, but you graduated at the top of your class. You showed me that no matter what obstacles come your way, you can accomplish whatever you want.
V- You always showed us how valued we were as your children. You let us know in the small daily actions that you took but also in the big accomplishes that we made. I always felt valued as your child.
E- You always made us feel like we were your everything. When you are a young child, your parents are your everything and yet you made us feel like we were your everything just the same.
I am sure that we all feel that there are no amount of words that could truly explain how we feel about the ones we love but I just wanted to shout out my mom for this first post in this series because I would not be where I am today without her. So thank you mom for all that you do and continue to do! We love you!
xoxo, Bri
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As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. Isaiah 66:13
Brianna Santoro 