Hello! I know I'm a little slow on the draw, but I wanted to tell you about my first Mother's Day as a grandmother...and more importantly, Andrea's first as a mother!
This was an instant of not really knowing what to expect, as I've had no life experience in 'sharing' Mother's Day. Mother's Day was really one of my favorite day's of the year. The day I was recognized and appreciated for all the hard work, struggle and sacrifice I've had to endure in being a mom. Totally worth it, yes, and the good always outweighed the bad, the great moments definitely outshining the not-so-great moments. Happy tears totally outnumbered sad ones.
My kids always went way out of their way to make my day special! Since they were kids! Whether it was making me some pancakes in the morning...to taking me out, the fact that they were making such an effort always made me so happy. Even to this day, the effort is there...even though now that they're adults, just all of us getting together is a huge blessing for me!
But this year...it was a little different. I wasn't the only Mom in the bunch! I didn't want to take Andrea's first Mother's Day away from her. So how did it work? We've never been a big fan of going out with everyone and their mother (yes, pun intended), so we decided to do dinner at home. Tostada bar. We each had our 'assignments' and we worked together in the kitchen and tried hard not to resent the boys watching basketball in the family room. Seriously? It wasn't "Boy's Watching Basketball Day", it was MOTHER'S DAY. Sigh. At one point, as we made the shredded beef and warmed up the homemade beans, Andrea asked, "Is Mother's Day always like this?" LOL. Um, yes. From now on, we fight the crowds and go out!
I got some nice card from them, and nice gifts, including a bracelet with charms that spell "Grandma". Awww. Cute, right? A nice heart sapphire necklace from Tony, and movie from Bill. (One I requested). Heartfelt cards that tell me how awesome I am...gotta love that, right? But my favorite, favorite moment of the day, was watching Chad give Andrea her gifts. Sooo cute! Lots of knick-knacky things, and a muscial snow globe that had an angel, and was inscribed with First Mother's Day. It made her day special, and stand out just a little bit! Yay!
So, all in all, we had a great day, we spend time together as a family, which is my favorite thing in the world. I appreciated all the well wishes from family and friends, but especially the very special cards I got from my stepdaughter Meghann, and the 'Grandma" card from Jess. It meant a lot to me!
The cherry on the top? The Phoenix Suns sweeped the Spurs that night!! But, that's a whole other blog!
(Jake, sporting his orange...of course I had to throw him in here somewhere!)
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