I have not posted all week, but I have still been around, reading and commenting! 

 

I had a wonderful Mother's Day.  I nearly ruined it AGAIN, but I didn't!!!!   It started like any other Sunday morning...  I woke up to the sunlight flooding in through the skylight directly above my bed!  AAAAH!  I love sunlight!  (Which can be a problem when you live as near to Seattle as we do..  sunlight can be a rare commodity at times).  Birds were singing outside my window.  A deer was happily munching on my back lawn.  I could hear the children all starting to wake up and my husband was snuggled up with me.  Nice way to start!

 

I thought about my resolve to NOT ruin my own Mother's Day and prayed for strength to remain UNSELFISH!  I got up and began my routine.  At some point Noah needed help in his room.  When I finished there and began back through the living room to my room I saw "IT"...  the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad thing that almost caused me to ruin my own Mother's Day...  AGAIN!  It was...  a most hideously BEAUTIFUL...  breathtakingly GORGEOUS, GINORMOUS...

 

boquet of pale pink roses, tulips and stargazer lilies in a huge vase!  How could this cause distress?  Well,all I could see was "cha-ching"...  DOLLAR SIGNS.  All I could do is wonder where the money for this opulent gift came from.  And the first, unappreciative words out of my mouth...  "How much did THAT set us back?"  NICE response, huh?  And my eyes welled up with tears...  partly with the disappointment of money spent that I had so carefully budgeted and partly with the mortification of realizing that it was not even 8 AM and already I was WHINING b/c I did not get my OWN WAY...  granted it was not quite in the way I expected to fail...  but it was a failure, nonetheless. 

 

You will be happy to know I did pull myself back together and did apologize and thank my husband for the surprise.  And I did choose (though it was hard at times)  not to do anything else stupid.  My husband offered to take us out to lunch after church... to which I hastily, (but politely) declined!  (no more spending money...  PLEASE!) 

 

So, he grilled a nice dinner for us and let me scrapbook all the rest of the long sunny Sunday afternoon!  My children made cards for me, Kaitlyn wrote a poem and baked banana nut muffins for me and it was a splendid day.  And do you know what?  Because I did not expect or demand any particular thing, I was able to recieve what they DID give and see its beauty! 

 

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Posted by CTdittmar

Your post made me laugh...isn't it funny how the very thing a beloved one might give to make us feel cherished can have the opposite effect? My dad surprised my mother with tickets to a carribean cruise...who wouldn't love that? She about died and demanded that he get a refund (minus the penalty). He just wanted to lavish her with something a woman might dream of, and she immediately thought dollar signs, calendar issues..."there's no way we can take off two weeks this October." I just about fell off my chair. It seemed like the humorously tragic "gift of the magi" story or something.

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Posted by mominpa

I've been there and done that...with the flowers and seeing dollar signs....I have to really bite my tongue....dh now understands and I rarely get them (that is OKAY with me).

Glad your day turned out so wonderful!

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Posted by Canadagirl

What a nice day your family arranged for you. I use to live in Kirkland , Wa. My mom is in Redmond now. I like to visit her once a year. I live near Nelson B.C. ,Canada. I do miss back home even though it has changed so much in the last 15 years. Belive it or not sometimes I miss the rain.
In Him,
Canadagirl

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Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy

God always will give us experiences that remind us of the ugliness of our heart. They are our little spiritual dipsticks. We demonstrate a willingness to submit, when we respond correctly. You are a model of grace! Your day sounded wonderful.

Marissa asked me if I missed getting flowers from Ron. I truly told her no. I am way more impressed by him refinishing the basement to welcome new kids in our home, emptying the dishwasher and calling every night when he is on the road.

He is in Bellevue, Washington now ~ so closer to you!

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Posted by mommynorris

I can totally relate. This Mother's Day...we did not have any extra money put aside for it...and I was fine with that. On the way home from church the kids started asking Daddy when they were going to go get my presents. After we got home they kept asking. Around 4 or so, my DH started putting his shoes on...I asked him where he was going ...to take the kids shopping... I reminded him we had NO money, his reply was "what do I tell my kids who want to get their mom a present?" Finally he went and talked to the kids and they ended up making me beautiful cards instead. And we do have "mom does nothing" on that day...but you should see the messes I have to deal with the Monday after!!! Oh ...the Cajun accent...you just talk like my realtives (LOL) it's a slangy swampy french accent with a southern drawl ...try it on a signature word like Guar-ron-tee. :-)

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Posted by kindredspiritMom

Too funny Christina ~ responsiblity Mom strikes again :) I had almost the opposite reaction to my Mother's Day gift and had to swallow the comment I wanted to make. By God's grace I didn't say it...and I think it was because I kept thinking about your post and trying not to ruin it. My DH gets crushed easily, and I can be a real idealist. I guess this year was better than the time I asked for a Boyd's bear statue to add to my collection and he got me a dollar store cheapo bear holding a piece of toast (yes...toast) that said "I love you." Can a man who runs his own business, speaks eloquently and is considered an expert in his field really have the gift-giving abilities of a 4 year old? I think they are all just little tender-hearted boys dressed up in suits!!! Okay...this comment is really long, but I also have to say I love your idea of naming my next child Abbey! Maybe "Lane" as a middle name?
Tons of love,
Michele

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