My family celebrated Mother’s Day the evening before (Sundays are too full for us to add anything extra or special). The kids made a lovely salad and did baked potatoes, while Josh grilled chicken using a Khmer charcoal clay pot. We had cake for dessert. Then the kids gave me cards and did a play of Stone Soup.

A week before the kids gave me a Mother’s Day Countdown Calendar. Everyday the kids had homemade gifts to give me: postcards, crafts, an original book, etc.

I’m very thankful for the family God has blessed me with. So thankful for the kids He’s given us. Motherhood is a blessing and a gift that comes with many joys, and it’s also exhausting physically, mentally, and emotionally. Being a homeschool mom and missionary mom adds on many more aspects as well. I love my job and it’s a race worth running for the sake of God’s glory.