Motherhood Is…
Motherhood is morning snuggles in your bed with children who finally went to bed on time thus, waking up before you did. Motherhood is also singing loudly and terribly in the morning because you are running out of ideas to help your children get out of bed and get ready for school in a positive […]
Mom Teaching me Follow-Through
A tribute to: My mother, Ellen Marie Whatcott (nee Shillington). She taught me to follow through with what I said I would do. On one occasion, as a youth, I agreed to take care of dogs owned by my manager, Gary Hainsworth, while they were on vacation. One particular evening, I was not in the […]
A Mother’s Love
My mom, Lois Hodges, has such a positive attitude. She loves bringing people together in unity and love. One way she’s always done that is with her in-law children. She came up with a different word for them: “in-love”s. Son-in-love, instead of son-in-law. Today she was telling me about Jesus on the Cross entrusting the […]
Busy being a Mom
Mom was busy. Not too busy, mind you, to cook us dinner every night. Not too busy to help us with homework or dry our tears. Not too busy to help when I tried to climb a barbed wire fence and didn’t quite make it over or when I crashed my bike (twice) or literally […]
Failed Cookies and Mom’s Love
On a Saturday when I was a kid, my mom had all of us children cleaning in our unfinished basement. The basement collected all sorts of things so this was a monumental task destined to last for the whole day! After a while, I snuck away and decided that, as a surprise, I would […]
In Memory of my Mother Who Passed Away.
A small, unremarkable baby girl was born 100 years ago. No one living knows the exact day. Nor could anyone then alive have predicted the influence of her life from that inauspicious beginning. Her quiet entrance into this world must have been something of an embarrassment to her grandparents, to see her—if ever they saw […]
My Angel Mother – Julia McCullin Stong
Hi, I’m responding to tell you a little about my Angel Mother. If you ever wanted to see an Angel I’ve included a picture of my Dear Mother. Her name is Julia McCullin and when she married my wonderful Dad she was […]
Forgoing Success in Business for Family
When I was a little boy, my mother would wake me early to get ready for work and school. Perhaps it wasn’t all that early, but I would be so tired! I remember her […]
My Beloved Mother, Gloria Dumas
My beloved mother, Gloria Dumas Mother is gone yet I thank her daily for molding me into the woman I am today. Growing up in a large Catholic family there were many lessons to learn. My mother was stern and quite the disciplinarian; however, she was also loving and supportive. She was generous to a […]
Mom’s Legacy of Faith
Mother’s give us many things in this life. Perhaps you may recall some of the many gifts you have received in yours. But as for me, the greatest gift I have was given to me by my own mother. She is the one who taught me to value this precious object, which is […]
Becoming My Mother
Recently my sister sent out a photo labeled: Who’s who? It was a picture she had taken of my mother and me sitting side by side, but she had used an app that switched our faces. Even I had to stare at it for a second. Staring at that picture brought back another memory. I […]
Does Mom Really Need to be at My Baby’s Birth?
“I need my mom!” Was not a thought I had planned to have while I was delivering my first child, so I hadn’t invited her to attend the birth. I was physically capable of birthing my child without my own birthing mother next to me. But in that moment I felt the strongest connection to […]
