ALOT OF TIMES I HAVE FELT OVERLY BUSY TO THE POINT OF NEGLECTING THE LITTLE JOYS..THE EXPRESSSIONS OF APPREICIATION.

THE REALIZATION OF HOW HAPPY AND GRATEFUL I AM AND WHOM TO THANK FOR THAT.  YOU HAVE BEEN A WARMING BEACON THAT HAS  CHANGED MY LIFE..TOWARD WHAT IS VALUABLE.. FAMILY AND THE LORD.

YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOUR LIFE TO ALL OF US KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. UNSELFISHLY, AND I KNOW THAT BEING A MOTHER MYSELF, THAT IN OUR LIVES WE AS KIDS CAN BE EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING, TIME CONSUMING, FRUSTRATING AND DOWN-RIGHT MADDENING.

HOWEVER MOM, AT THE END OF EACH DAY, WHATEVER TOLL WE HAVE PUT UPON YOU, YOU HAVE RISEN ABOVE IT ALL TO GIVE US YOUR STRENGTH, GUIDANCE AND WISDOM AND YOUR ABUNDANCE OF LOVE.

WHEN I AM DISCOURAGED AT TIMES AND ANGRY OR HURT, I ASK GOD TO FORGIVE ME AND TO GIVE ME THE MIND AND HEART AND ATTITUDE THAT YOU HAVE IN CHRIST.

YOU HAVE BEEN MY TOWER OF STRENGTH, MY NURTURER, AND TEACHER. A VALUABLE UP-RIGHT GOD FEARING WOMAN WHOM I TRUELLY RESPECT. WHENEVER I HAVE DOUBTS OR AM WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING, A SMALL VOICE IN MY HEART REPLIES .. TRUST IN THE LORD. THAT VOICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOURS MOM.

SO MOTHER, YOU MAY NOT WEAR VISIBLE WINGS, BUT CERTAINLY  ONE OF GODS ANGELS IN MY EYES AND IN MY HEART. SO I SAY TO YOU, IF EVER ANYONE NEEDS REST TODAY, IT IS YOU MOM.

MATTHEWS TELLS US IN THE BIBLE THAT THERE IS A REST MORE JUVINATING THAN A LONG LEISURLY NAP, AND MORE SOOTHING TO FRAYED NERVES THAN A BRHAMS LULLABY. THIS REACHES INTO THE DEPTHS OF YOUR SOUL AND CLAIMS YOU FROM WITHIN.

THIS SPECIAL PROMISE COMES FROM JESUS. SO REST TODAY MOM AND I LOVE YOU.

HAPPY MOTHERSDAY .

LOVE JODI-MARIE SELLARS.