I have the most amazing children: Two that I gave birth to and one that became
our daughter through marriage. Words
cannot begin to describe my love for them.
They are all different and they all contribute wonderful things to my
life.
To Cody, my precious son…I always tell people that you were
our “guinea pig” child. We had
absolutely no idea what we were doing when you came along, but by the grace of
God you turned out more amazing than I could have ever dreamed of. I am so proud of the young man that you have
grown up to be. You are a wonderful
husband, a great friend, a Godly example, a hard worker and provider and the
best son in the world! I know that you
would do anything for us and that makes me feel so loved and
cherished. And THANK YOU for marrying Rebekah.
She is the perfect woman for you…God definitely had His hand in
that! 
To Maddie, my beautiful daughter…I know that all of your life
you have felt that we were so much harder on you than we were on Cody, but we
learned from the mistakes we made parenting him so we were much better at it
when you came along! I cannot tell you
how proud I am of you. You have come
such a looooong way from that little girl who couldn’t let me out of her
sight. I looked back in one of my prayer
journals the other day and it was filled with prayer requests for you. God answered those prayers and gave me the
desires of my heart…a strong, beautiful, independent and Godly young woman. I admire the way that you stick to your standards
that you have set for yourself and do not let anyone sway you. Thank you for your obedience and the respect
that you give to us. You have always
been someone that I look up to…even though I am the mom. I am so excited to see what your future
holds!!
To Rebekah, my treasured daughter-in-love…from the moment Cody met
you, he knew that you were the one for him.
I couldn’t have designed a better wife for my son. You compliment him so wonderfully. I love you just as much as if you were
carried in my womb. You are so loving
and kind to us and I adore the way that you love my son. Thank you for accepting us as your parents
and being such a great daughter to us. You
are a Godly young woman and that means the more to me than anything. Our future
grandchildren will be so blessed to have you as a mother!! (And I know that the car accident that you
both suffered through was terrible, but the good that came of it was the bond
that was formed between your family and ours. We love them all so much.) I am so proud to tell people what an amazing
wife my son has!
And to all of the children that we have had the privilege of
being a part of your lives…our nieces and nephews, Chris’ baseball boys, friends
of our children, and all of the teenagers that we have ministered to over the
years…I love each and every one of you so very much. I thank God that he allowed me to share in
your lives. I am honored that some of
you still call me “Mom” (or Mommy) when you see me or talk to me. I hope that you all know how much you mean to
Chris and I and that we will always be here for you!
Thank you all for making me the richest mother on
earth. My heart overflows with love for
you all! I will have a Happy Mother’s
Day because God has blessed me beyond measure.
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