- You get to experience #EVERYTHING.
- You learn and see things that make you cringe!!
- You understand the life you build is bigger than your own.
- You love them more than you love yourself.
- You are afraid of them making mistakes, but you acknowledge it’s the only way for them to grow.
- You want them to stay young forever!
- You seek solutions in them through your failures.
- You live to see them happy, successful and faithful.
- You pray you have done everything right from day one.
- You do whatever it takes to make things happen for them.
- You remain a parent, yet you develop a relationship that helps them feel comfortable discussing everything with you.
- You feel grateful, blessed and highly favored when what you taught them is exemplified in their behavior outside the home and others recognize it.
- You depend on Jesus when you fear releasing them into a world that doesn’t understand them like you do.
- You stay on your knees because it gives you peace.
- You love and long hearing their voices and the word, “momma or mommy.”
- You work hard so they will #NEVER be without.
- You want to be their biggest and greatest confidant.
- You miss them when they are gone, but yet you are excited to get some time to yourself.
- You want to make certain that their choice in a girl does not change who they are.
- You predict their success through the words, lessons and values you place in them.
- You love them with all your heart and then some.
- When they call, you stop doing whatever you’re doing and tend to their needs.
- You realize that in everything you have received, they are your greatest gifts.
- You keep hearing voices of your parents telling you, “Wait until you have kids. They are going to treat you just like you treat me.”
- You want to be their hero, their role model and who they remember and treasure when you are gone.
Every day hasn’t been easy, but I am constantly reading the manual to perfect my craft. Thank you God for being my friend and my source of strength through every step of the way.