I am thankful today for the gift that God has given me to speak His words of Truth in love.

I have to be honest and admit that I have struggled to do this for the past eight months. God gave me this gift and affirmed it in me and called me to write this Blog over 10 years ago! But on Mother’s Day of this year, it became really difficult for me to decide what to write.

It was Mother’s Day, and God blessed me with the most amazing mother! She had me when she was only 19 years old! She loved me unconditionally and always made me feel cherished and special! To this day, all of the traditions I do with my own children, and grandchildren were taught to me by her!

I would’ve loved to give her a tribute on Mother’s Day, she is so worthy of it! But every time I started to write the words, the tears poured as the reality of her severe Alzheimer’s and her being on hospice, and given only a few months to live, set in and took over my emotions. I paused that week and didn’t write and figured I’d write the following week, however she was still here and it still didn’t seem fitting.

Week after week went by and then month after month and she lost more and more weight and grew tinier and tinier, but God still had her here on this earth!

Eight months have gone by and God still has not taken her home to be with Him yet. It is still overwhelmingly difficult to think of life here on this earth without her! Even though I want her whole and healed and perfect in the arms of Jesus. But as I read Psalm 100, 

I could hear Jesus reminding me to Give Him thanks even when it is hard!

“Make a joyful noise to the Lord all the Earth! Serve the Lord with gladness, come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us and we are his, we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! For the Lord is good. His steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100

My heart breaks at the reality of saying goodbye to my Mom here on earth. But it is filled overflowing with thanks for the gift of her and the blessings, too many to count, that she gave to me!

God is faithful and His steadfast love endures forever! I thank Him and praise Him for that most of all!

He is faithful to all generations!

The photo with the letters from my grandkids fell out of my Bible today as I was reading Psalm 100!

My mom’s first grandchild was my daughter Christina! They shared a very special bond and she was blessed by my mom and her unconditional love and special traditions which she passed down to her daughter, Cami! These were notes and pictures she gave to me when she was just a little girl! She is 13 now and my mom‘s traditions are starting to live through her as well! She bakes my mom‘s cookies with me and she decorates like my mom did and she loves so big like my mom!

God truly is faithful to all generations, and I have so much to be thankful for!

More than anything, I am thankful to God for his faithfulness, and never giving up on me! By gently and beautifully reminding me to thank Him even when it is hard! His goodness and his mercy endure to all generations!

I love my mom with all my heart, and I am so thankful that God gave her to me!
For as many days as God has for her on this earth, I will thank God for her and cherish her! The best news of all is that because we both know Jesus, we will be together forever in heaven with him!

I am thankful to God for all of you! My prayer for you this Thanksgiving is that you will know God and His Son whom He sent because He loves you more than anything! And that you will be able to give thanks to Him for his faithfulness to all generations, forever and ever!

Happy Day of Giving Thanks!

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