Celebrate!

One of my sweet friends, Amber, is celebrating her Mama's birthday by doing a giveaway on her blog.  You should check it out.  :)


One of the "extra entries" for this giveaway is to ... "Leave me a comment about one treasured thing that your mom gave you (material or abstract)." 


Well, I got to thinking... we celebrate birthdays and have good times, but how often do we stop and really treasure that persons life... treasure what they have given to us.  


A few things my wonderful Mom has given to me over the years... 

• modesty in dress and understanding why to dress modestly
• stop and spend time with God... in His word and in prayer
• a love for puzzles and games
• some of her old clothes (I thought I was so cool wearing her old high school clothes =D)
• a love for spending time with family and knowing who's related to who
• the desire/love to collect things... charms for my bracelet, smashed pennies, etc
• easy recipes :)
• a love for scrapbooking... along with some scrapbooks...

I love my Mom!  :)  And I really love spending time with her (and the rest of the family) and doing fun stuff!!  God has blessed me with a great Mom.  I hope you're able to enjoy time with your Mom this week.

Until next time,

treasure those in your life & all that they've given