When I thought about my mother's day, I knew it would end up being an ordinary day here. I would still clean up after the kids and spend my day cleaning and cooking. When I went to bed I couldn't sleep thinking how lucky I am this mother's day. I will spend my day doing what I do everyday. For that reason this makes me lucky and my day very special. My previous thoughts on this day have disappeared and I consider my day blessed. You might be wondering why my feelings changed from one moment to the next and I will tell you.
Today I talked to the HMIC. I hadn't heard from him in a while and I knew why. I guess being a military wife kind of numbs you a bit after a while. Usually when I don't hear from him in a quick email or my emails are put on hold or sent back it usually means communication has been cut off. For those of you who don't know what that means well it means a family is going to be notified that their loved one has been injured or passed away. Well this week was one of those weeks and I finally heard from him. So this mother's day their are three more mother's out there grieving for their son(s) or daughter(s) and all they were hoping for was a quick call or email telling them they were doing fine and that would of been the best gift the could of ever received. But instead they got the knock on the door that they were praying would never come. Maybe one of them was a mother or married. Now some children will learn that their parent isn't coming home. Maybe one is a mother who had to find a way to tell her children the news and knows their isn't anything she can do to take her kids pain away. I'm sure they would trade all of this for a second of ordinary. They would love to spend the day cleaning up after the kids and cooking like every other day. Moments like this put my life into perspective. So this Mother's Day I will not complain or feel like my ordinary is a chore. Instead I will enjoy every moment of my ordinary day and make sure that I take a little time with each of my kids. I hope you do the same.
Happy Mother's Day and treasure your ordinary!!
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