Mother's Day

Today was Mother's Day....

 And that means breakfast in bed and presents....

Only this Mother's Day...I was sick!  SICK SICK SICK!  I couldn't even teach my Relief Society Lesson!  I have been bed bound since Coby came home Friday night and took over.  I hate being sick!  Coby tells me that I'm the worst patient EVER!  I think I may have even used an entire box of Kleenex!  I was supposed to teach Relief Society today...but couldn't even drag myself out of bed!  Thank goodness for such a GREAT Relief Society that rallied together at such short notice and taught my lesson for me!  I had lots of help this weekend so I could get rest!  It wasn't the best Mother's Day (due to the flu), but I sure felt loved.  My mom made a special stop to come over and check on me and bring me Sleeping Beauty to watch. (There's just something about Disney movies that makes me feel better.) And cute Joanne came over and helped Coby get the boys to church and tidied up a little for me.  SUCH good mommies!!

 I missed my little Jack a lot today.  I had time to really think about him today and miss him.  Sometimes, I just need that.  Sometimes I just need a good cry to remember and feel that he was here and that he was in fact real.  I miss him.  Oh, how I miss that little boy.  His birthday is coming up in a couple weeks, I hope it'll be a good day.  

Today I am just so grateful for the privilege I have to be a mother to 4 little boys!  They are each so different and every day I feel a void without one of them here.  It's always in the back of my mind that one is missing.  But today I want to focus on my Corb, Jadesy and Colie who ARE here and while they make me crazy sometimes, make me want to be a better person every single day.  How blessed I feel to be their mom.  I hope that I can live up all the things that my Heavenly Father intends for me to be so that I can teach them to walk uprightly before the Lord.  Nothing would please my mother heart more than for them to love the Lord, Jesus Christ and the Gospel as much as Coby and I.   They are my whole world and I am grateful every day for them.  Even if I sometimes don't act like it!   Thank you Coby Rich for making me a mommy!  :)