Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the women that inspire me daily! Mother's Day for me is kid of a sad day because I lost my mother almost seven years ago. She was not only my mother, but, she was my best friend. She was the one person I know I could trust more than any other person on this planet. She understood me perfectly and I adored her. I knew if I ever had a problem, she always always always had the perfect answer. This is something I miss horribly to this day. There were so many times just looking at her face made everything ok and would answer so many of my questions.
My mother battled cancer for nearly 10 years before the Lord called her home. I can count on half a hand how many bad days she had attitude wise. She is the example of strength I try to hold my self to. Daily I strive to be the person she was. She had integrity, strength, beauty, wisdom, and faith that would make the devil tremble daily where he stood.
I would do anything to be able to lay my head back in her lap and have her rub my ears that special way she would and talk about my future. When my mother was first diagnosed with cancer, her mission in life was to see me graduate high school. She passed away a year and a half before I did. The day before she died, she rolled over and told one of my uncles, "At least I got to see my baby graduate high school." They all looked at each other as she went back to sleep. I knew God gave her a vision of what she had fought for all those years. About an hour later, she rolled over and mumbled, "At least I got to see my baby get married." I knew then that God was showing her all those things in my life that she longed to be a part of. I miss my mother terribly. Some days it hurts worse than the actual day she died.
One of the biggest blessings in my life was my mother. She was a true warrior for Christ and the definition of what it means to be a Godly wife, mother, and woman. If I could be half the person she was, then I will be an awesome person. If you knew my mother then you truly were face to face with a blessing from God.