"Mom Minutes..."

That's right..we all have them, because we are Moms or due to our own Moms...some are happy, some are sad, but no matter what they are, by the mere definition once you think about a "Mom Minute" our emotions are stirred.

Seeing as how we are coming up on Mother's Day, I wanted to take this time to stop and think about something we all have, a Mom. Which means we have Mom Minutes to remember...and hopefully share.

My Mom and I have had a lot of fun through the years, we had a different relationship due to the family dynamics we were more like friends than parent and child. At times when I was younger this was hard for me but now that I am in that "sandwich generation" as they call it and she is enjoying her second year of marraige to a wonderful man, there's no problem at all..we have a lot of laughs.

The thing I've learned from my Mom is that be faithful in what God gives you and He will replace what the locust have eaten. I am so encouraged by seeing all that God has brought back to her as she has remained steadfast. My Mom has lived through a lot and with a lot and I confess I often asked myself "why?". She never felt released and now I see how God is giving things back to her ten fold.

One of the greatest memories I have of my Mom is when I watch her with my girls. She used to take them for a couple weeks in the summer and a week in February while I was working. The connection she had and has with them was something I'd never seen before... there's a lot to be said for that relationship between grandmother and grandaughters!