Everything I know

“My mom taught me every­thing I know”, Ina said last week when we got together.  My first reac­tion was to dis­agree.  The more I thought about it, the more I realised the absolute truth of her state­ment.  A mom teaches you what no uni­ver­sity degree, expe­ri­ence or any other type of edu­ca­tion can; a mom teaches every­thing of value and above all uncon­di­tional love.

A few short words, but quite some­thing to be say­ing.  In addi­tion I will say that being a mother has taught me the rest.  Moth­er­hood is quite pos­si­bly the most ful­fill­ing, yet hum­bling expe­ri­ence in the world.  Noth­ing on this planet pre­pares you for it and noth­ing shapes you in quite the same way. I now think that it prob­a­bly takes being a mom in order for us to truly appre­ci­ate our moms.

This has in many ways been a land­mark year for me; one in which I have learned so much (again) from both my own mother, and my mother-in-law.  With this post I want to honor both of these remark­able women, and wish them the hap­pi­est Mothersday. 

You have taught me every­thing I know and so much more…

Ps. read about the sig­nif­i­cance of the Lily of the val­ley in Our Story