This awesome note made me smile and feel better...my wonderful and beautiful mother had this to say...
"Just wanted you to know that I think you are an amazing woman and I am oh so proud of the woman you have become! You are very talented and creative and you have learned to handle all situations. Please do not let this stress you out or Miss Delainey! I want what is best for both of you! Let me know if I can do anything to help with the situation. Remember you are wonderful and amazing and I am so very lucky to call you my daughter! Love you lots and lots!"
So as I sat here and read this much needed pick me up from my momma...I thought back to one of my favorite memories of growing up.
When I was little, my mom used to write me little notes and put them in my lunch box. Every day at lunch, I would dive into my treats and find my mom's little hand written post-it note. Most of the time it said something to the effect of...I love you. You are wonderful. Hope you are having a great day....and sometimes it was more specific to a certain thing that was going on in my day. But it always let me know that she was thinking about me, and that she loved me and that I was important!
As I have been doing a lot of research on the benefits of being a stay at home mom vs. a working mom...and what I have found is that it doesn't matter if you are a working mother or a SAHM...what matters is the kind of mother that you are. There are plenty of mothers that work that are wonderful mothers of well adjusted, outgoing, happy children...and there are just as many mothers that stay at home, who's children are no better off. I often find that I look to my own mother for examples or resolve in my decision to work after Lainey is born.
As I think back to the things that made me feel like my mom was a huge part of my life, took an active interest in everything that was going on, and never made me think twice about her working or feel like I was missing out on something because my mom worked - these little notes are one of the many things that I recall.
I know that most of the time, I rolled my eyes, or maybe I didn't. I don't remember if I ever thanked her for taking the time to add a special note to my lunch box every day...but I do know that thinking back...it was one of the best parts of my day and something I will make sure to include in Lainey's life...even if it is just a text message or email saying...I love you and am so proud of you!
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