On this day they call "Mother's Day"

I love my mother, I love her every day of the year, not just on Mother's Day. I don't tell her enough that I love her. She is possibly the nicest person I know and would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it. She is crazy, but in a good way. She loves all her kids, grandkids and great-grandkids. She is beautiful, inside and out. I am blessed with her good genes and I am proud to say so. She raised me to be who I am, good or bad!!  My mom worked hard for many years, she was a single mom and gave me more than I deserved. My mom's name is Jacquelyne Lee, isn't that a beautiful name?!! Her hair is completely white, in gorgeous way. Her eyes are bluer than the sky and equally as big. She is 85 years on this earth and has earned every single one of those years. She lost her mom when she was nine years old but she still knew how to be a mom. Sometimes it's hard for her to not be "mom", I'm 54 years old and she still wants to mom me. I have a son who is almost 30, I don't really need to be mom-ed. But that's okay, it's hard not to be mom. I love her so much and so much of who I am is because of who she is and who she made me to be.

My daughter-in-law is just about the best mommy I know. She has three little boys, my grandsons, who are the light of her life. She is married to my oldest son and loves him, this ranks her pretty high in my book. She is a born teacher and teaches all the time, I've learned a few things from her in the past eight years. Her name is Melissa Dawn, she is as delightful as her name. She is a tiny green-eyed beauty who is one of the strongest women I know. I'm pretty sure she could take me!! She taught me to be healthy with the birth of Jacob. She has become comfortable in the very loud Lancaster family, she can hold her own with the best of them.  She loves all her boys with a love so strong and they love her equally as strong. She challenges them to be better, especially the one that is my son. She has allowed him to grow into a man, husband and father. She works so hard to make her home and her family the best they can be. She loves adventure and looks for it around every corner. I love my daughter-in-law in a way I always hoped I would and the way my mother-in-law loved me. My mother-in-law taught me what it meant to be a mother-in-law and I hope that I bless Melissa Dawn the way Lucille blessed me.

I love being a mom, I love being a grandma, I love being a daughter  and I love being a mother-in-law. I hope that each and every mom is blessed during this week. Know that your kids love you all the time, they may not tell you enough and sometimes you may wonder but they always love you. I raise a toast to all the moms out there, you're doing a good job and your kids will turn out just fine. Your work will not be in vain and one day your kids will be the humans you always hope they will be. My boys are the best thing that happened to me and I will always be proud to be their momma, God trusted me big when He gave me these guys, I hope I did Him proud.