I Am My Mother

I've been told all my life that I look like/sound like/remind people of my Mommy. The older I get, (and my children get) the more I identify with what she said and did when I was growing up! ;) And there are SO MANY ways that I've always aspired to be like Mommy. As a little girl, I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world-- and if I still look as good when I'm 50 as she looks now, I'll be pleased. =) I've always said that I learned to cook from the best! If you sit behind me at church, you will soon discover that I engage in sermons and Sunday school just like my Mommy! (I nod all the way through!) And having a couple of near-teens in the house now, I'm in AWE of some of the noise, and broken-record-syndrome, that Mommy was able to tolerate!!! W-O-W! One of the most formative things for me though, was that I could always tell that knowing the Lord was one of the highest priorities in her life. So there are absolutely ways that I want to be my mother. And then there are ways that I hope to build well on the good foundation that she gave me... =)

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
Proverbs 31:10-31