Thank God For Moms! May 26, 2010

Today’s entry is from 17 year old Joanna Knowles about her mom, Virginia (who just happens to be the mother of ten children!). What a wonderful example – Joanna, thank you for sharing with us!

“I don’t even know where to start in writing about my mom. Every time I fill a line of this blank document with an attempt of describing her and what she means to me, I delete it because it just doesn’t do justice. I’ll try again.

• My mom is faithfully investing into our family, year by year, decade by decade.
• She is known by her ear-to-ear smile and enthusiasm for life.
• She is a nurturer, an encourager.
• She is fascinated by words, an author and poet.
• She gives bear hugs and Advil.
• She folds laundry, folds laundry, folds laundry.
• She sang “Great is Thy Faithfulness” when I was small and she still sings it now. If you ask me, that says a lot about the faithfulness of God and how that trait has rubbed off on her.
• She signs “I love you” when I’m having a bad day.
• She loves different cultures. She loves God. One of her passions is to see different cultures love God. Missions-minded? Definitely.
• She’s feisty, intelligent, and speaks and writes her mind. She knows femininity does not mean being a wallflower or doormat. GO MOM!!!
• She puts on two pairs of reading glasses when one pair doesn’t do for her 46-year-old eyes.
• She kisses my dad and ignores the several cross-eyed, gagging kids behind her who pretend as if they’ve never seen thaaaat before.
• She thanks my brother-in-law for his care and love for my sister and consistently invests into their lives as a couple.
• Speaking of which, her first grandchild (a.k.a. my NEPHEW!!) will be born next month. She’s pretty psyched.
• She wipes fingerprints off the glass door, peanut butter and tears off of faces, grudges about wrongs done to her off of her mind.
• She sits in her recliner and reads her well-worn, large-print Bible, shutting out the lies and discouragement of the enemy and basking in her freedom found in Christ.
• She prayerfully intercedes before the throne of God for family, friends, situations, and future generations.
• She keeps going when the going gets tough.
• She plants seeds, plants seeds, plants seeds.
• She is my role-model. And I love her dearly.”