I was at the park the other day with Hailey and Mia. It was getting to be close to leaving time so I walked over to Hailey and I overheard her talking with a little boy. She was talking about ME. So I listened for a little while. Hailey was telling this boy how I take her to the library and that we read books together. She said, "my Mom is not great at cooking so she is teaching me so I can be great at it and now I know how to make orange sandwiches." She said, "when my Dad is not home we like to dance like crazy." And she told this little boy, who actually looked like he was listening- "My Mom has two girls because I am a big sister now and my Mom never knew how hard it would be to take care of two girls. I smiled and thought Hailey has found a great new friend who she can share everything with, because he didn't say a word. Then Hailey said, "And my Mom knows everything, sometimes I think she is wrong but then I find out she was right the whole time. Sometimes she is like magic."
I have to say, I stopped right in my tracks and thought, Holy Cow, I am this girls Mother!!! I know this should not be a surprise to me, seeing that I have been her Mom now for 5 years, but it hit me hard. I'm not just some girl with two kids, I am there Mom, (is that crazy). And then I thought about my Mom, and everything that I have shared with her, and all that I ask her on what to do with my girls, how to make my favorite food :), all kinds of things, and I realized my Mom knows everything too, and if I have ever thought something she said was wrong, it turns out I was wrong and she was right the whole time.
I hope I can be even half of who my Mom is to me, for my girls! The great thing in striving for that, is that I have a great Mom who I can try to be like. I Love You Mom!!!
