I saw this post below on facebook and thought it was worthy of sharing. As I was picking Jayda up from violin lessons a few nights ago, I started thinking about the next few years and how she will start more activities and a little excited to see her play sports and then a little worried about all the running we will have to do, and waiting. Lots of waiting for practices to be over, or games to start. When you don't live in town, you really have no choice but to stay in town and....wait. I found myself remembering my basketball days and realizing just how much my own mother waited for me. It was.. A LOT. Lucky for her, her waiting was in Rapid, so at least there was something for her to do. But I remember her picking me up from practice in Hermosa, then driving me to Rapid to another basketball practice with the traveling team I played for. She would have to go kill a few hours, then come pick me up, and I was generally starving by then so we would grab something to eat and drive 30 miles back home. So many late nights. I remember being so exhausted, but loving basketball so much and loving the opportunity to play with Rapid City's best, that we just kept going. I also remember being very glad when it was all over! Rest!
So in addition to all the things below, thank you, Mom, for all the running you did for me. To tournaments all over South Dakota, to practices every night for months. For giving me the opportunities to shine!
And fast forward to now, where she has to put up with my texts that go something like, "yay, sheetrock is done!" "Yay, tile is down!" or "is this too gray, or too taupe?"
16 Things We Forget To Thank Our Moms For
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2. Forgiving us when we forget to call.
3. Listening to all our pointless dramas when we do remember.
4. Being the kind of person that we actually do want to become — because as we all know, it’s inevitable.
5. Having the incredible prowess only a mother whose babes have been scorned could — mama bear protects her cubs, sometimes excessively, but we love it, let’s be honest.
6. All those times we yelled “MOOOOMMM!!” through the house to find out where our white shirt was or what time so-and-so was getting home and all the other questions we just couldn’t go to Dad for.
7. All the things she reluctantly bought us at the cash register of any given store, all the clothes and things we didn’t really need (but insisted we did). Growing up and understanding the value of a dollar really makes you reconsider just how much moms sacrifice.
8. For all the home cooked meals or pizzas we didn’t have to pay for ourselves. Equally phenomenal. Equally missed.
9. Putting up with our middle school phase.
10. For giving us our siblings, whom we simultaneously once wished to sell and now are best friends with.
11. And oh yeah, for that whole “giving birth to us” thing.
12. For being our first, and at some points, only cheerleaders, who were and are proud of every little thing we do.
13. All the time she spent picking us up from practices; bending over backwards to make sure we had new cleats and costumes; and were at every game, rehearsal, and play date we planned.
14. Doing her best, even when things were most difficult in the family. Moms have this incredible magic sparkle glue that keeps it all together when it would otherwise fall apart.
15. Dealing with Dad.
16. Being the boss woman of the house (and of our lives). And for being living proof that there truly are people who can honestly just do it all.
In addition to this list of hers, I think it seems right to add a few, such as:
1. Thank you for wiping the poop off my legs, back and/or butt and packing extra underwear for me "just in case."
2. I'm sorry for making you squat outside the car with me in 50 mph wind on a remote highway in the middle of no where because I just couldn't hold it any longer. And if I tried to go by myself, you'd have to repeat #1.
3. Thank you for always having tissues, napkins, chapstick, bandaids, socks, or any other miscellaneous item readily available. Cuz, you just never know.
4. For getting me a refill for the 3rd time at supper time, before you ever even get a chance to sit down and enjoy your own meal.
5. For memorizing where I put ALL of my crap, even after I move it 100 times and can never find it myself.
6. For putting you in some of the most humiliating and embarrassing situations, you never thought possible!
7. For making you attempt to learn the violin for my own sake :)
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