Yes! I Experienced A Pay Off Yesterday!

For years I have been treated to breakfast in bed by my kids. It has always been a sweet experience, but not necessarily an appetizing one. I have crunched through a lot of eggshells and slurped down really, really, really weak tea sweetened heavily with sugar. I have eaten clumps of raw batter and runny eggs. I focused on the loving intentions and smiled sweetly through it all. Sometimes, I got pretty full fast and couldn't quite finish, to which the kids always nodded understandingly, while The Skipper smirked. THIS year, the kids planned out for weeks and got up at 7 a.m. to start work on brunch. They had so many cooking projects on the go that they made me get back in bed and served me brunch after church. Here is what I got:
A yogurt smoothie
A Pancake with Maple Syrup
A strawberry muffin
A banana and cream cheese/yogurt dipping sauce

hang on, I am so anal that I have to say that our youngest, the one in the red shirt, does not usually walk around with a soother. Yes, he does use it at night, but that is usually it. He must have popped it in his mouth on the way into our bedroom. Ok, I am done being uptight now.

You all have to let me brag for a minute about how everything was made from scratch (except the yogurt) and without any adult assistance. PLEASE forgive my pride and delight in their ability as lately it hasn't seemed like I am seeing a lot of "fruit" for my labour. They even cleaned up decently! It made my day! PLUS, hubby took the day off work (this is our main fishing season and he usually has to work 7 days a week at this time) and gave me a bright happy bouquet of flowers and a sweet card. I got coupons from the kids for different things and some lovely hand drawn cards from them as well.

WAIT!
Don't gag and leave here yet.
I have read some lovely blog posts about moms getting spoilt on Mother's Day and being specially honored by their families, BUT I want to give a shout out to those whose day STANK yesterday, to those who went unnoticed and unappreciated. I have had some crummy Mother's Days too. Times where everyone was sick, or my hubby was away or the kids never stopped fighting, or I was a single mom, or I felt sorry for myself, etc. I have friends who spent the day feeling unappreciated and unnoticed, whose husbands didn't set a good example for their kids in honoring their wife. Two days ago I wanted to pack my bags and just KNEW my husband didn't care about me anymore- I told him Mother's Day was cancelled in this house this year because of a comment I thought he had made. Thankfully we worked that out and he is a wise enough man to not ignore my cancellation notice! If you had a yucky Mother's Day, know that you are not forgotten, and that you are not alone. We have all had those kind of disappointments and I think we need to let each other know that . So, to all those moms out there who maybe never heard it yesterday, "Thank you. You are loved by the Lord, You are seen by Him always, and you are appreciated by this Canadian mom!"