Happy Mother’s Day!
If anyone should be grateful today, it should be me: I have the most amazing mom ever!
She’s loving and supportive, wise and strong, absolutely selfless and giving.
I hear some stories about mothers, and it always makes me appreciate my mom even more. She spent her whole life completely devoted to us, kids. There was never any manipulation and guilt-tripping. I always felt that my mom has my best interests in mind, and that, my friends, is the only thing a child needs. To feel loved and secure and full of trust. My mom gave it to me.
Growing up we didn’t have fancy toys, or a big apartment, or money, we didn’t have a college fund or pocket money, but what we had is a mother who would do anything to make her daughters happy.
She was strict, but trusting. She never treated me like a child, always like a person with my own desires,decisions and thoughts. She let me be the person I wanted to be, while limiting me in that right way that kept me out of major trouble. I never felt stifled by her, or underestimated, or shut down.
I feel that I am the person that I am now, mostly due to her allowing me to be myself in every possible way. That instilled confidence in me, gave me forward thinking, and open-mindedness. I often bend rules but never break them. I know I can do anything and be good at everything. She helped me be the ultimate thinker, analyser, wise beyond my age.
I love her for that! The best parenting is supportive loving conscious parenting. And while it might not have been conscious for her due to hard times, it was definitely loving a supportive.That’s all I could ever ask for.
I LOVE YOU MOM!
Aww this is such a great post! You give some really good parenting advice here by describing your mom’s style! XO
Awwww, so lovely! Your mom is a great woman and an awesome mom 🙂
These are all beautiful! I need to get more pictures with my Mummy 🙂
Elena- I absolutely love all these shots & how well you have captured your bond with your mom in each one. It also totally made my day that you linked up with me this week 🙂 (ginormous grin here) Sorry to have missed selfies last week- I will be trying to hook up with someone and participate this week. It will be fun!
Moms are the best!! Looks like you have a beautiful and wonderful mom there 🙂 love your pictures!! 🙂
Love these photos of you and your mom. And I liked reading what you wrote about her, too.
=)