Mothers do ALL with love..

A couple weeks ago Ted bought me this coffee cup from northwestern book store and it says "mothers do all with love" I love it! It's probably my favorite coffee cup I have ever owned.. not that any of you care ha ha!

Well, Every morning I place it in my Keurig Coffee maker and brew my coffee of choice for the day. As I drink from the cup I find myself reading it over and over and over again, and now I'm writing about it.. A few times when I was thinking about it it brought me back to thinking about what my mother does for me. I know now that everything my mom has done for me is out of love.. like sleeping on the hospital chair when I was in labor for 23 hours. Or telling me I couldn't go out and play until my homework was done.. I know when I was younger I thought sometimes she was being mean or just nagging me, but her intentions have always been whats best for me. She never steered me in the wrong direction and always tried to keep me on the right path while giving me unconditional love and support.

So, yes when I ask my children to clean their rooms I am doing it out of love.. If they don't have clean rooms then they wont learn to respect their belongings or when they want to find something and they have to hurdle through piles of clothes, toys, books, etc.. there going to get frustrated, things can get broken, or they wont be able to find it on time. I don't ask them to do things to steer them in the wrong direction, to hurt their feelings, or to put them down.

I have so many new and old friends that are great mothers and I do think that we learn from each other, use their ideas, and are there to support each other. So, thank you to all my great mommy friends who set great examples for myself. Also, I don't think I could thank my mom enough or find the perfect words to express the love she gave to me which molded me into who I am today, and gave me the ability to be a mother. With out her love I wouldn't know how to be a good mother and "Do all things out of love."

My coffee cup that enables my addiction, provides me with lots of thoughts, and even inspires me to blog. Thanks Ted!  (maybe every mom needs one of these!!)