My mum is an amazing women - she is beautiful, passionate, she knows how to love without limits, lets face it she's a little crazy but she has the balance of being independant yet fully dependant on God and when I think about who I am I know that I have alot to thank my mum for.
Me & my Mumma
The mother-daughter relationship is beautiful, can be strained at times, a God ordained design, exciting, fragile, magnificent and an incredibly special thing. When i think of my mum's relationship with her mum I know that she didn't have this experience - it was very different, there was no real room for emotions or affections. I thank God that my mum made the choice to be different, to be affectionate, to tell us that she loves us and not keep it a secret.
Some of the many things I love about my mum are:
- She's a Women of Prayer - I'll never forget the many mornings I had as a teenager awaking to the sweet subtle sounds of Hillsong playing in the background harshly interrupted by my mothers loud voice in prayer OR the many times I didn't know about when she would stay up praying for me until the early morning because I told her I was going to sleep over a friends house for the night, unknown to her I was galavanting around town getting drunk with my friends.
- She's Everything - Being a single mother of 3 girls couldn't of been easy but my mum had to be everything - The mum, The dad, The breadwinner, The decision-maker, The strength, The friend, The disciplinary, The hope, The joy, The comforter...everything!! The funny thing is that in some way or another, to me, she still is all those things.
- She's Adventurous - She knows how to live life to the max and even though she is 60 something she's not letting that stop her, together we have traveled to Israel, Egypt, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Malta, Spain PLUS on her own account she has been to India, Indonesia, Romania, Hungary, the US, all around England and later this year is going to Sudan.
In Alicante (Spain)
On a cruise down the Thames
Mum's "excited about being @ Wimbledon" face - She Lead the way - I'll never forget how my mum would always drive us to primary school everyday and just as we were coming to the front of the school she would pray with us always ending with " and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".
- She's the steward - When I was thinking of leaving Sydney and moving to London, because I was scared I was kind of resting on the fact that I thought my mum wouldn't want me to go. To my shock my mum thought it was a great idea, she started telling me of her stories about living in London and travelling when she was my age, she even went to the garage and grabbed her old slides out.
My mum has never clung onto us and wrapped us in cotton wool - she loves us so much but she has always known that we are effectively Gods and that she is the steward that he has chosen.
So I propose a toast to my mum, the most beautiful, rock-solid, God-fearing, fun loving, life living women that's ever been in my life. It has been far from a perfectly smooth & straight road but you have always been there and by God's grace everything turned out great.
Much Love
Hannah
xoxoxox
