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<\/a>Me and the girls. Sarah’s right eye matches her dress and Rachel looks like she can’t wait to put her PJs on!<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n been pretty nice. Ms. Dolores (the children’s minister at church) had a little service for the moms followed by the sweetest and most lovely tea imaginable! The kids and some of the dads were servers! The rest of Sunday was pretty standard stuff – I took Rachel to gymnastics and went\u00a0to\u00a0work and then running during her practice. I am going to be very honest – Mother’s Day (I am shortening to MD) has never been on the tip-top of my holiday priorities. \u00a0Basically, I am selfish. \u00a0and lazy. and forgetful. \u00a0However, I do try to do the minimum, which is phone calls and cards \u00a0to Mom and my mother-in-law. \u00a0If I am really inspired, I send extra pictures of kids or even a memory book listing all of our favorite memories of our mothers. \u00a0Yes, I did that a few years ago! This year, it was the minimum. \u00a0What can I say, change is difficult for the selfish, lazy, and forgetful! \u00a0It’s not that I don’t feel bad, because I do. \u00a0It’s just that both my mom and my mother-in-law aren’t the type of ladies that demand acknowledgement. Let me start with my mom, Brenda. \u00a0When I was young, I never really wanted to be a mother, because I knew that it was such hard work. \u00a0Mom was either cooking (food that included vegetables that her, dad, or Grandma had grown), picking up toys so we could walk through the house, washing\/folding\/putting away clothes (or sewing the clothes that she would soon be washing). \u00a0I never, and I truthfully say never, think that Mom bought herself clothing. \u00a0At least, I never witnessed it. \u00a0I think that my mom sacrificed purchasing any modern clothing from the years 1979-1984 – in ’84 she was pregnant with \u00a0John so that required some new apparel. \u00a0I think there was another clothing drought between 1986-1990. When Mom went back to her job as a social worker, she came home and did the following: quickly fix dinner, wash a\u00a0few loads of laundry, pick up kids from activities, and finally collapse\u00a0on the couch with a cigarette in time for Larry King Live. \u00a0Totally exhausting. \u00a0To make it worse, I was\u00a0demanding and whinny. (By the way, my siblings were perfect.) \u00a0Even at the peak of adolescent selfishness, I knew that maybe I was\u00a0pushing Mom a little too much. \u00a0Fast forward 20-something years, and I am getting my up-and-comings! \u00a0I don’t collapse on the couch with a cigarette and a new episode of Larry King. \u00a0I collapse with a tub of peanut butter and Modern Family.<\/p>\n For obvious reasons, I haven’t know my mother-in-law, Hannah, as long as my own mother. \u00a0I would guess that it is very safe to say that she has also made many sacrifices for her two boys and her grandchildren. \u00a0I will never forget her telling me that her whole world was her two boys. In my whole-heart, I wish that I could effortlessly and confidently cook an entire meal like Hannah. \u00a0Her cooking\u00a0is a pure expression of love. It reminds me of my Grandma Wooton feeding all of the family. Never in a million lifetimes could I approach that! \u00a0I love my two beautiful daughters more than my own existence, but if\u00a0I quickly warm food in the microwave, that is homecooking in my book. \u00a0As a matter of fact, Bryan does more meal preparation than me! Well, it is 10:21 central time on MD.<\/p>\n If I post now, I can technically call this a MD post! For Mom and Hannah – here is Rachel and Sarah (with her lovely purple eye) wishing you both a Happy Mother’s Day. \u00a0We do love you both so much! \u00a0A million Hallmark cards in a million lifetimes could never say how much we love and appreciate you both!<\/p>\n