L-O-V-E

Oh, goodness. Don't you just love this song? If you can't hear anything... turn your volume up. Oh, it just makes me so happy inside. hehe. Before a few months ago... this song didn't mean half as much to me as it does now... so I shall tell you why. ;) When Jen's house was on the market... someone had the great idea of making a slideshow of pictures of the house to play on my laptop while people would be looking at the house... which ended up being pictures of the house, pictures of cute little girly-poos, pictures of flowers, pictures of Josh and Emmy in the pool. Stuff like that. So I got the privilege of putting it all together... and putting it to the song L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole.... arranging and rearranging the pictures to match certain parts of the song (the lyrics, instrumental climax, and all that). hehe, Needless to say MUCH time was spent on it. ;) And, needless to say I heard that song a gajillion times. Also needless to say, whenever I hear that song, I think of all the pictures in the slide. And I love those pictures, and I miss being there with my family... so yeah. I love this song. It like, instantly sends me home. *sigh* Feeling nostalgiac. ;) Oh, I pray God lets us all be together soon.
Speaking of being together, Ang and the gang (well, most of the gang) will be here DAY AFTER TOMORROW. I can't even begin to say how excited I am. Like... exclamations marks DON'T cut it. I've never in my life been as... well, isolated, as I am now. And especially not from my family. And I definitely consider Ang family... so this is really... psycherific.
Speaking of family... I know this is SHAMEFULLY late... but, as they say, hey at least it's not a month late. No, I know...as they say, better late than never.
So let's see, about 4 days ago... the very most special lady in my life had a birthday. And she would be my Mama. =D There are so many things to say about her, it's hard to know where to begin.
My mom is the most hard-working woman I've ever known. Rain or shine, she works. She works when she's exhausted; when she should be laying down cuz her back's out; in the morning when she should still be sleeping but she "just couldn't sit still any longer!", so she goes outside and weeds the garden, or makes a beautiful rock ridge around the garden, or makes a new garden entirely!; not only does she work when she's depressed, when she is, she works because she's depressed (imagine the amount of work this woman does! it's practically incomprehensible); and finally, she works even when you think there's no other work she could possibly come up with. But she does. =) And she does it well. She does it for her family. And most importantly, she does it to the glory of God, whom she loves with all her heart. As you may know, as a younger girl and through most of my teenage years, I've certainly not been the picture of diligence. Nope, on the contrary. But my Mom and her beautiful example has inspired me and convicted me so often to be hard-working. And I thank God for that, because slothfulness is such a shame to Him. It's ungratefulness, cuz we should be serving Him with every ounce of strength in our being. So if I turn out to be half as godly and devoted as my Mom is... I'll be very thankful.
My Mom is still absolutely in love with my Dad, and has given much for him, and will always give for him.
She loves her children with all her heart. All. Her. Heart. I can't emphasize it enough. If you were living with her right now, being away from most of her children, you might begin to understand what I mean. =) And it's a wonderful thing, how she loves us!
She loves the Lord and serves Him with her heart, soul, mind and strength. She loves to spend time with Him, and talk about Him.
She's a comfort, she's an inspiration, she's a motivator, she's hilarious, she's just adorable, she's a home-maker, she's a good "shaper-upper" (when you need it:> ), plain old fun... and well, she's just a great Mom. And I love her to pieces! In the words of Abrams (from Chariots of Fire, great movie), she is "my most perfect" woman. =)
So, Happy Birthday to a Wonderful Woman!!!!!!! All my love, Mama!