Cocoa eyeliner, alittle more blush, and try some red lipstick. Happy Mother's Day!

Friday nights are either quiet and slow around our house or fast and furious. Depending on what everyone's social agenda is. Last night was quiet and slow. The storms had blown in and given us much needed rain. Our son was going to see Spider Man and the rest of us were left watching tv and sitting around the house. My daughter asked if she could do my make-up and I responded, surely. As she worked her magic on my face, I felt blessed. God gave us one of each, a son and a daughter. We did not sit down and decide the perfect time to plan our children. We did not wait until we had thousands of dollars saved up. We did not have necessary opportunities suggested in a money magazine that was given to me to read regarding starting a family. We had a one bathroom cottage with bright windows and a huge country yard. As we brought our children home from Baptist Hospital, the responsibility grew, new challenges arose, money became tighter, but the love in my heart grew way beyond the close containment of our cottage. We have been given the gift of children and on Mother's Day my heart hurts for those who may be struggling with having children or other emotional issues. As my daughter is finishing up the final touches on my make-up, I tell her how thankful I am to have her. She smiles and knows how I feel. As she is beaming with her finished product, she tells me my eyes are a piercing green color and that they are really pretty. She looks just like her daddy, no resemblence of me, except for her voice, she can sing. As she calls her dad down to see my new make-up job, I know why I still love this man with all my heart. I know why I am still with this man, long after the humble beginnings in the little blue cottage. He is the father of our children. With him, God created the most wonderful gifts I ever been given, our son and daughter, who look nothing like me, but I know they have me in their hearts and my heart was never the same after they laid these two babies in my arms, it simply burst open.