My daughter wrote this sweet post on Facebook for Mother's Day:
Happy Mother's Day to the mom who hated it because she always saw herself as falling short. Pam Estes, I get it now. Even though you've made your peace with the day now because you have the benefit of experience and time and feeling like your kids turned out well, I wanted to remind you of a few things:
• My mom loves reading and learning about new things, she instilled in her children a desire to learn and expand our horizons
• My mom would give me her new high heels and take the old ones because new shoes were rare and meant so much to me
• My mom worked very hard all the time, but she made sure we had time to play
• My mom makes people feel seen and heard, from her co-workers to people who are homeless -- it's a gift
• My mom is an amazing teacher
• My mom gets down in the dirt or out in the water with my son without a second thought.
• My mom loves good words and a good word challenge now and again
• My mom is a bit competitive at games (woe betide any upstart young missionaries who cross her pregnant self in a volleyball match, or unsuspecting Spoons players).
• My mom loves me despite me not wanting to "brush my hair" "put on socks" "stop burning the candle at both ends" or "be still," and she misses me when I'm gone (especially half way around the world on Mother's Day).
I love you mom.
Thank you for teaching me to turn to Christ and rely on His grace to make up for what I lack.
