Today is day 7 and it's a picture of someone/someplace that has had the biggest impact on you. Well I couldn't just share a picture, it had to me more than that.
My parents have had the biggest impact on me! I can't even begin to tell you how much they have each impacted me, as well as made me who I am!
They always showered me with unconditional love and lots of praise! There was never anything to big or to small of importance, that you couldn't talk to them about. Nor was there anything ever to bad or to good to tell them! It was a totally open relationship! They always encouraged me to follow my heart! To know that God was with me no matter where I was! And they believed in me! They made me feel like I was really something special, yet I wasn't the most popular kid in school. I wasn't the prettiest, skinniest, or even the smartest. I didn't have the most dates, and even when I did date, I had more restrictions than most kids my age! My parents were considered way old fashioned! (funny though, that all my friends wanted to hang out at my place with me and my folks). Yet I was taught all my life, that if I wanted something, all I had to do was to dream it and believe it, and it could be mine!!! It was that simple! I was taught self worth, work ethics, that if you didn't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. And yet, I was taught, to fight for what I believed in!!! Stand proud and hold my head high with pride! I was taught to defend my self when needed! I was taught that I was worth more than settling! I was taught there was no such thing as step/foster/ adoptive in either the children or with the parents! I was taught life wasn't always easy or fair, but it was worth the ride! They were there in my darkest times, and my brightest and best!
Mom taught me to cook and bake. There is no body that can make pork chops like momma!!! Everyone would come running and bringing in more pork chops for her to cook, so that they could eat too, just because they heard it was pork chop night! She shopped with us like no other! And she had a keen eye for style. She would take us places and do so much fun with us! She would take me and my group of friends to the week long country fair every single year! She would do crafts with us. She taught me to paint. Mom is who I get my artistic abilities from. She would bake for everyone and feed a crowd on near nothing! She would give you the shirt off her back or any out of her closet! She was my ride partner at the carnivals and ameusment parks! She was the most loving and supportive wife! She was the GREATEST momma and mamaw ever! She showed me that, even though it's the hardest, doing the right thing and helping others was the way to go. She was the ultimate care giver to everyone she knew! She baby sat and showered those kids with love until her dieing days! She loved our friends as her own kids! Many called her Mom! She was the worlds Mom and Mamaw, but she was my Momma! She showed me how to love unconditional and how the sacrifice of motherhood was so worth it! She showed me that I deserved real love, just like she had with dad! That didn't mean perfect pretty roses every day, but it ment unconditional forever love! She showed me that no matter what else I was doing in life, that I wanted to me a Mom and Stay at home like she did! To be the meanest momma bear out there when it came to someone hurting or messing with my sweet cubs!!! She had the most giving and helping hand! She showed me how important real friendships were! And she was the brightest light for Christ on Earth. She is who I get my love for music from!! It moves the soul!!!
Dad taught met to get dirty! To ride go-karts and atvs. To love cars, especially racing! Dad taught me that your family is most important and you fight for them, you protect them! You do everything you can for them! He really showed me that kids are yours, alll of them are yours, no matter how they became yours! He taught me my love for racing, he made sure it ran deep and would forever flow through my veins! He taught me that it was ok to be who I was, just to make sure it was what and who I wanted to be. He did everything for us! I will never forget the first car accident I had, the fear and worry I had about disappointing him, and when he walked in the room to see me, he said "baby girl are you ok?" I said the car isn't as I was crying! He said "I don't give a shit about that car, all I care about is you! That car doesn't matter one bit! YOU ARE ALL THAT MATTERS!" And he meant it! At the drag races when I couldn't see over the crowd, (mind you I was in high school, and not a small girl), he would pick me up, so that I could see what they were doing! Yes I wanted to be a mechanic and drive race cars! He would fix us hot dog roasts with bond fires, and work all day and come help us with school projects! He never faulted me as he 19 year old daughter how was dating a man 11 years older than her, who had 3 kids. He said if that is what I wanted, to remember that I choice those kids as mine, if I was going to love him, and to love him was to love those kids! Funny thing is, I will forever love those kids! He let me be me and make my choices and yet he was there to support, encourage and, guide me without ever judging or putting me down! He taught me to never give up, and that just because medicine says it's not possible that ALL is possible with GOD!!! He showed me how to be humble and share is own miracle while never forgetting to praise God! He showed me how I wanted to be loved by a man, by the way he loved my mom! He loved her more than most can ever really realize! He showed me what kind of dad, i would ensure my children had! (Thank God they do!) He is the most loving Grandaddy and would do anything for any of his kids or grandkids! He is so proud of his family!
So when they say I am just like my mom, well they are right!! And when they say I'm just like my dad, they are right again!!! I am totally both of them, in good ways and bad ways too! I am who I am because of them!!!
Momma and Daddy I love you both so very much, and forever will!!! Yall are my everything! And I thank you so much for everything you ever did for me and every thing you taught me! I appreciate it so much!!!!! Yall are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Momma may be an Angel in Heaven, but she will forever live on through me and in my heart forever! Daddy will be always be with me too! I'm so thankful I still have him here on earth us!!!
THANK YOU, MOMMA AND DADDY! I LOVE YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!
Hugs and Blessings,
