Growing Kids - Not Grass

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of the mothers/mommies out there a wonderful Mother's Day! I celebrate you and your life and the lives you have contributed to this world! Please indulge me a few minutes as I take this opportunity to thank my wonderful husband for birthing and parenting with me all these almost 41 years we have been parents. What an amazing partner, husband, daddy, and D-Daddy you are! I love you with all of my heart! And to our wonderful four children, Jason, Carri, Clint, and Cody and the gifts of our "in-love" children, Carol, Ty, Reagan, and Taylor, and last but not least, to the most amazing 13 grandchildren in the world--Courtlyn, Kade, Kinsey, Truman, Maggie, Savanna, Braedan, Hope, Jacob, Micah, Cooper, Grayson, and Turner! You TRULY light up my life and thrill me every time I see each of you! I thank God for the gifts of these incredible 21 people who make my life so rich! Thank you for loving and respecting me, even through all the mistakes I have made as your mother and grandmother. I will never cease to be amazed that God has blessed me so and allowed me to be a part of your lives as your mother and grandmother. To my precious mother, Nancy Scott Redding, who was the best mother anyone could ever have. You modeled the joy of being a mother to me by the way you "mothered" and from the time I can remember, I wanted to be a mommy, just like you. What a joy it will be to see you again at the feet of Jesus! To the BEST mother-in-love God ever created--Ella McGowan Harris--God knew exactly who I needed as another mother when He brought our lives together. I have modeled my life as a mother-in-love and grandmother after YOU---you were the BEST and it will be a joy to see you at the feet of Jesus one day, too! To those of you who have not experienced motherhood, or who have lost children far too soon, I pray that the comfort and presence of the Holy Spirit is your constant companion. May He fill you with the joy that only He can bring. And to the Lord God Almighty, Who has blessed me "exceedingly abundantly, beyond all I could ask or think" in countless ways, but especially in allowing me to be a mother and grandmother. I love You, Lord, and declare that I stand, I stand in awe of You! Glory and honor to Your Name. From a greatful mother--- Janis Dell Redding Harris