Mothers Day

Mothers Day isn't typically my favorite day of the year.  We have a famous line in our family, "Mothers are that they may have guilt!"  Being a Mom is hard!  It's, by far, the hardest thing I've ever done.  When the day approaches ever year, I try hard not to focus too much on my perceived shortcomings.  I doubt I'm the only one!

I worked at J and J on Saturday, I couldn't believe how busy it was--even being so cold and rainy!  At one point, my friend Jenny grabbed my arm and said, "Kim, I need to talk to you!"  I wondered if I was in trouble.  😊  I had come in a couple hours later than normal, hoping that the rain would stop.  It didn't!  We marched up to the front where we keep our stuff behind a counter.  She pulled out an envelope with a card.  This is what it said:

I was stunned when I saw a cashiers check in an amount I wasn't expecting.  I've been in this industry for 15 years, and spent many of those working at one nursery or another.  I've often felt that I wasn't making a "real" impact doing what I was doing.  I thought I should be doing something else more prestigious or noteworthy.  The truth is I've worked with some of the best people on the planet.  I have so many friends I couldn't have known any other way.   I'm so grateful!