This isn’t really my thing, but it needs to be said, so here
it goes.My affinity for Amy started when I ‘re-met’ her at Training Table. We were talking and I said something with my usual amazing sense of humor and she looked at me with these eyes that emanated this excitement for life that caught me off guard. So much so, that I think about that moment often.
That lead to this that the other and bam! We’re parents.
Growing up I assumed being the parent of small kids was just playing all day
and teaching them to say funny things. It turns out that that is only a smaller
part of the deal.
Amy sacrifices a lot for our family. I thought that this was
a good place to post this since every other post on here shows just how much
she does for our kids. While I partially joke about how easy she made it seem
to have a baby, she was made for having/raising kids.
She teaches pre-school every couple weeks, teaches singing
time in church, and all the kids seem to gravitate towards her, and love
everything she does.
Lest you think I’m missing the point of Motherhood, I know
it’s not about how much you can do in a day, or how crafty you are. I point out
these things because it’s time she spends with our kids doing things that will
help them learn to be better people. She puts most, if not all of her time into
things that are for the family rather than herself.
I can spend all day on the things she does, but I’m most
proud of who she is. She is selfless and loving. She’s a natural teacher and
the best mother I could hope for for our kids.
Most people know I would be lost without her, not only
because the kids and I would probably starve if she were gone, and most of the
important things wouldn’t get done, but because she is my sure-foot in life.
She inspires me and supports me, she is always there and willing to help, when
I’m willing to put my stubbornness aside. She’s smart and creative in ways I
don’t understand.
These words are inadequate, but I love you Amy. Happy
mother’s day.
