Time for Mothers

The funny thing about Mother's Day, it's like having a second birthday that you share with your friends and about half the world's population. And we all know, when you become a mother, it really is like a new life. A new identity! So, I suppose it is a "birth day" of sorts. I don't mind sharing this day. In fact, that's what makes it so fun. I love wishing everyone Happy Mother's Day and hearing what everyone does to celebrate and honor the mothers in their life. It's fun to hear what gifts or cards or food everyone enjoys. In talking with my friends yesterday, the main thing we all hoped for was time (in some form or another). Time to sleep in, time to shower in peace, time to not cook or clean, time alone, or time with the family. That reminds me of something I wrote down a few weeks ago while watching Medium. Bear with me... I know this is getting away from my original Mother's Day train of thought. Does anyone else love Medium & Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette)? At the end of a recent episode, Allison said:
Time is priceless, yet it costs us nothing.
You can do anything you want with it, but you can't own it.
You can spend it, but you can't keep it.
And once you've lost it, there's no getting it back."

Deep, right? I mean, for primetime television anyway. Megan is probably laughing at me now. I made her save the episode on her DVR so I could write that down. :)
But, really, it's amazing how TIME in and of itself is so priceless. I wish I could have spent time with my own mother today. Or my sweet Grandma who passed away one year ago (yesterday).

I enjoyed Mother's Day to the fullest (I may or may not be indulging in some naughty chocolate cake). David got up with the kids and let me sleep until 11 (I'm no lightweight when it comes to sleep. I'm not one that can say "I slept in til 8:15!" That's not "sleeping in" in my book) and they made me a card and brought me breakfast in bed (which the kids sat and helped me eat). Church was nice and I was so tickled to see Max sing with all the primary kids for the first time. I use the term 'sing' lightly since he really just stood there and smiled. It was funny - heaven knows he's not shy about performing. I also got some time to work on my quilt (see post & poll below) this afternoon while David and the kids napped. Gee, I wonder why I wasn't tired? And I discovered this sweet blog post from Mr. SewSara himself. *blush*

{I sure love being a mother to these two darlings.
Why do they have to grow so quickly?}

Happy Mother's day to all my dear friends!

What did you do to celebrate?