Mother's Day

Every year I dream of a Mother's Day where I can sleep until 10 in a quiet house, then be whisked off to the spa for the day, only to return to a clean home (one that I didn't have to clean) to kiss my kids goodnight and enjoy a glass of red wine and some dark chocolate in my pj's. That is NOT what I got this Mother's Day or any other Mother's Day for that matter.

This is the first Mother's Day where Kaitlyn has really gotten what it is about. Last year she tried, but Bill was gone, so she could only do so much. This year, Mother's Day Eve, Bill took the kids to the BX to go shopping for my birthday and Mother's Day while I amused myself in the shoe and makeup sections and promised not to peek in the cart. Their excitement was so cute! Kaitlyn kept saying she couldn't wait until tomorrow morning so she could give me my presents and surprises. Ryan blew the whistle in the car about some chocolates. ;) Oops, but he was forgiven because he is so darn cute!

On Mother's Day I heard the kids in the kitchen at 6:45 (really early for them) and by 6:50 I was being served a very large bowl of cereal in bed by both of the kids. They flew into our room singing "Happy Mother's Day!" with the biggest smiles on their faces and their hands full of my breakfast, a card, and a bag of my favorite treats. Dove dark chocolates! They were so happy giving me my surprises and their thoughtfulness filled my heart with joy. We spent the rest of the morning drinking coffee and reading books in bed and getting ready to join Bill on a business trip in Seoul for a few days. I also got a new pair of Rainbows. Thin, gray, and double stacked! Just in time to break them in for the warm temps we are finally having!

We got up to Seoul and spent the day at the zoo at Seoul Grand Park. We headed to the Dragon Hill Lodge for Mother's Day Margaritas and Mexican food and checked into our super posh hotel room at the JW Marriott for a quiet night. Throughout the day, the kids would randomly yell, "Happy Mother's Day!" to me and I couldn't help but smile.

So, no, I didn't have a quiet day at the spa getting pampered, but to tell you the truth, that isn't what I really wanted anyway. My time will come for that. One day way too soon, I will wake up to a house that is way too quiet. Where I will wish my children were waking me up with the sounds of their sweet feet running (not walking) through the apartment and their giggles of happiness as the anticipation of surprising me wakes them up way too early. Those are the years where I will be at the spa, most likely with tears in my eyes. This year I got exactly what I wanted. To be woken up at the crack of dawn by the sweetest gifts I have ever been given, so full of joy that I am their mother and that they get to spoil me. If only they knew how incredibly blessed I am because I have the awesome privilege of being their mother. Of getting to spend every day with them, and the awesome responsibility of shaping them into the people they will become. I spent my Mother's Day exactly the way I wanted to spend it. With my greatest gifts and the man who absolutely adores us. God is SO good!