Mothers Day

Last night our family stayed up late watching old home videos. We watched all sorts of videos from the time my head bounced against the ice while ice skating, and even my older brothers Jr. high sports (which we had to relive because he had the remote). And there was one video that all of us kids and our parents remembered. It was Christmas eve of 1999. That was our favorite Christmas of all time and after watching the video we relived it and talked about what all of us remember about that Christmas season. That December our parents decided to make a rule that in order to open our gifts we had to do something really nice for a non-family member. I remember almost crying because my brother almost didn't get to open his present with a PlayStation in it because he didn't know the non-family member rule and had done something nice for me. In the video it shows me opening my Gameboy Color, the most popular gift that Christmas season. On the video it shows something that I had forgotten about and that was how hard my parents had worked to get the gift for me. The Gameboy Color was completely sold out here so my parents called a friend from an another state to see if she could get. After looking all over her area her boss ended up driving a far way to get the gift, who gave it to her, who flew down here (to see family for Christmas that lives here), and gave the gift to my parents. This act and determination showed me just how much my parents wanted me to be happy and the excitement and joy that I showed that Christmas eve was all worth it for them. It made me realize how much my parents have done for me over the years. They have always worked hard and tried to give me everything I could ever want and never have asked for anything in return. They worked hard that Christmas just to see the joy on my face and have worked all my life just for little joy in my life. It made me realize that a lot of us have taken advantage of what people do for us and don't appreciate all the people in our lives as much as we should. I know that I will be giving my mother an extra hug today and the same for my father next month. And I hope that not only today and fathers day I make sure that my parents realize how much they mean to me, but i make it my goal to try to show them everyday how much they mean to me and how thankful I am to have them!