Serenity & The Best of Mother's Day

Today was and for the most part still is Mother's Day and I spent it surrounded by my mother, my siblings, my husband, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, a nephew, niece and one of my 2 children.  It was an afternoon of blissful serenity, loud conversation, good food and a beautiful sunny day.  We just missed 1 daughter and 2 nephews and a niece.

I have to admit that while it's work to feed this extended family, it is absolutely worth the job when it celebrates mother.  I remember that as a kid my mother taught Sunday school and each year brought a large box of colored tissues, pipe cleaners and a bottle of cologne so that the kids in her class could make their mothers beautiful flowers.  This year my brother brought roses for our mother, tulips for me and my sister so rather than beautiful paper flowers the house was filled with real flowers.

While family can be frustrating, sometimes aggravating, sometimes annoying they also are an infinite source of serenity and occasionally they are filled with humor.

Thank you to my family for helping me to maintain my sense of self, to maintain my focus and to loving me in spite of my inadequacies or maybe because of them.  You help me to maintain serenity in my life.

Thank you mom.