Candles and Lotions and Chocolate….Oh My!
Published May 7, 2009Happy Mother’s Day to all of you out there who have someone in your life who calls you mom.
Okay, someone who screams, “Moooom…..He’s hitting me!!!” or pleads, “Mom, can you run me to the game?” or who questions you several times a week, “Hey Mom! What’s for dinner. I’m STARVED!!!!”
At any rate….you are among the few. The proud. The TIRED!!!!!! The moms!!!
These next few days I’m offering a simple give away just for YOU!!!! There is nothing in this for your kids. If you win, don’t even let them taste the chocolate! It is all yours, baby!!!
In this special Mother’s Day “Basket in a Box” we have the following goodies:
- A journal
- A magnetic grocery list
- Some Sweet Pea Bath and Body Works shower gel
- Some Iced Pomegranate lotion
- Eight bags of Pomegranate tea (yes…I like pomegranate!!!)
- Some cheese spreaders for entertaining and a berry scented votive candle (both from my friend Tammy’s At Home America business. I LOVE At Home America decor! And I love their prices and clearance section. Check it out here.)
- A scripture notepad and fancy pen
- One package each of cinnamon and hazelnut gourmet hot cocoa
- A jumbo Hershey kiss
- Some Ghirardelli chocolate and chocolate-caramel squares (a girl can’t have too much chocolate!!)
- A copy of my book A Life That Says Welcome: Simple Ways to Open Your Heart and Home to Others
It is easy to enter. For those of you with some brain energy left today, leave a comment letting us know your favorite memory as a mom or even your favorite memory of your own mother from your growing up days.
For those of you who are plum tuckered out….just leave a comment saying “I’m in!” The ramdom winner will be chosen and announced on Mother’s Day.
Sweet Blessings,
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I’ll get us started. My favorite memory of my mom is the day that this normally resevered, cautious and shy lady strapped on my metal, adjustable roller skates and roller skated around the pool table in our basement when I was about eight years old just to prove she still could. It still makes me smile!
Hi, Karen. What a nice set of treats you are offering. If there’s chocolate involved, I’m in! My favorite memory of my mom is watching her play organ and direct choir at church – she was always so full of energy and very talented – and the church members just loved her! I was (and still am!) very proud of her!
When my son was in first grade, parents were invited to sit in on a guided reading lesson at school. He was so excited that he had to tell every teacher we passed in the hallway that I was his mom. It was so sweet. When we actually got to his classroom, he put his arm around me, and announced: “This is my mom! I’ll never forget it.
As a SAH homeschooling mom of 3——rushing to catch up and in panic mode as the school year is ending, I think I will just say “I’m in” !
My favorite memory of being a mom, happened not to long ago. My teenage son told me “Mom I love that you come to all of my track meets and that you take pictures of me, even though sometimes I act like I don’t like it, I do because I have a lot of friends whose parents never come to any events they are in or don’t seem to care about them at all, I love you Mom”.
Moms just remember your children are only in your home for a short time of your life. Be their biggest cheerleader. Be interested in their life even if they seem like it annoys them. Love them for who they are. They grow up so fast!
Oh boy “I’m in”.
My mom had 3 girls and then a boy and my favorite memory is of whenever we had an event such as Easter or Christmas she would stay up however late making us matching dresses. Oh how we hated those dresses and we still tease her about them but it is such a wonderful memory whenever we see pictures of us girls in our matching dresses and sometimes my brother in a matching homemade suit.
I am a mother of 3 – Brittany (11, almost 12), Ben (10) and Gracie (5). Honestly my best mom memory was the very moment my first child was born. Every moment since that very first breath she took has been an adventure. My husband and my life have never been the same. There have been ups and downs, but I will never forget the moment the doctor told me…it’s a girl…I knew my life would never be the same….and I was right:-)
Karen -I’M IN!!
I have lots of favorite memories of my mom and of being a mom of 3 boys. Let me set the scene for this. About 6 years ago we let our oldest son adopt a stray dog. Soon after she had puppies, lots of puppies. We chose to keep the tiniest puppy because our middle son who was about 2 yrs old had fallen in love with this puppy and had already gone thru the trouble of naming him Charlie.
One afternoon as I’m watching my children play in the backyard, my 2yr old sits down at the bottom of the swing-set slide eating his Pringle potato chips. Before I know it he’s sharing them with Charlie. Only instead of letting Charlie have his very own chip they are splitting each chip…. My son is giving the puppy a bite and then he’s taking a bite. YEP !! It was a classic mommy moment. You want to scream NO don’t eat after the puppy, but your heart says “HOW CUTE!”
Karen
I have to say that my proudest Mom moment was when I gave birth to my now 10 year old son. Me and my husband tried for 5 years to conceive and after lots of testing, we were told that we would never conceive a child (0 sperm count). That was in November….the following January (New Years Day), after being 1 week late, I took a home pregnancy test. And guess what…It was POSITIVE!!!! When everyone else had given up (including me), GOD didnt give up on us!!!!
After nearly 6 months of being in and out of the hospital (with 24 hour morning sickness)and being on complete bedrest, the moment that I had waited for for almost 6 years came. And he is worth it all!!!!!!!!
I’m so in this for the chocolate!!!
My favorite Mommy memory is baby day! (almost 8 years ago, 6 years ago, 3 years ago and 1 year ago). Then add all the hugs, tears, growing in faith, “Mommmm!” and I love you, Mommy” and the memories are complete.
Blessings,
Maria in CT
and mommy to 4 curious, beautiful gifts from God
My mom’s favorite saying….. Boredom is a Choice!! And yes, I have now uttered it to my 7 & 9 year olds!
Karen,
I love that my mom is and has been so available to me and my siblings.One of the fun things i remember her doing is playing garage hockey with my son. She also loves music and is often singing while she works. My grandmother did that too.
My mom also does a week of Grandma Camp for each of my children. It’s a great time for my daughter and son to have time alone with grandma and grandpa and they usually go on a special outing or something during the week.
I have a great mom!
Rebecca
Hi!
I’m not sure this would qualify as my absolute favorite memory as a mom, but it’s a really good recent one. We had a women’s conference at our church a few weeks ago, and by the time that all of the hoopla was over for both Saturday and Sunday I was exhausted. When my son – who had turned 2 four days before – woke up from his nap and came into the living room, where I was about half asleep on the couch. He walked up to me, and knowing that he was there, I opened my eyes to see him standing directly in front of me, leaning over a bit, hands on hips, head cocked, and he said, “Mommy, you otay?” It was soo cute!
We’ve had many, many sick days lately and while they are long and miserable for everyone involved. But I’ve had many moments of sweetness holding one of my kiddos, rubbing their backs like my mom used to rub my back. My mom wasn’t the most lovey dovey mom in the world, but I can still feel that gentle hand on my back as I do the same for my children. It’s those moments that are the most tender, the most precious to me these days.
My greatest memories of my mom is just seeing her eyes light up when she plays with my kids. She has been through a lot in her life. And has had a lot of heartache. But she has always remained positive and it shows in her smile!!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you!!
I love being a mom. I loved the moment each of my four children were laid in my arms. I love the little “I love you, Mommys” and the peanut butter kisses.
I would love to write a lovely story for this contest right now – but being that one of my little blessings is crawling on me right now; I’ll just have to say “I’m in!”.
One memory of my mother comes to me often. My mom has 6 kids, with me being the oldest. I was 4 years old when the next child was born but there are only 3 years and 3 months separating kids 2 through 6! Our house was insane, especially when my parents got divorced a couple years later. I honestly don’t know how my mom did it. But one thing that makes me laugh and smile and relate is when I think of how whenever she would get a chance to sit down, all she would want to do was watch the news. Then you’d see her nodding off two minutes later. Whenever she got the chance to sit down, she couldn’t help but fall asleep! I can’t imagine she got much sleep while we were growing up! Poor woman!
Now that I am the mother of 3 with one on the way, I appreciate her so much more!
I loooove chocolate! My favorite memory of being a mom, I don’t know if there is just one but I always enjoyed storytime at night when they were little and knew if I skipped parts even though they couldn’t read yet
I’m in!
One of my best memories of being a mom actually happened on father’s day last year, you see I’m a single mom to twin boys and while we were at the gas station after church that father’s day my son Zach said to me, “Happy Father’s Day, Mom. I know you have to fill both roles and I love you!” It’s the only time I can say I’ve ever cried while pumping gas! Happy Mother’s Day to each of you and God bless!
I’m SO in!
I love when my baby boy kisses my cheek and says “ok mom, now we’re married.”
Now, when my daughter was 3, I told her excitedly on Christmas Eve that we were going to go bake Jesus a birthday cake. Well- she flipped her hair back, put her hand on her hip and said “Do you even read the Bible?” “Yes”, I replied, not knowing where she was going with this. I was pleasantly shocked when she exclaimed “JESUS LIKES FISH”
I’m in!
My favorite memory of my daughter; A couple years ago when she was 5 or 6 yrs. old, I was tucking her into bed one night. I usually snuggle up next to her for a short period of time and we say our prayers, but this night she said, “hey, move over….Jesus is snuggled up next to me!”
I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s memories. And I’m thrilled for a chance to win CHOCOLATE!
My favorite memories as a mom are of bedtime. Snuggling and reading and singing. I used to crawl in bed with my daughter to read, chat, pray and sing “You are my sunshine”. You know the line that says, “when skies are gray”? She changed it to “when skies are gray and blue” for all the time. I used to hold both my boys in my lap to read to them at night. Now they’re 10 and 8, we don’t fit in the chair any more.
Someone else’s comment reminded me of how my mom sewed most of my clothes when I was small. In the winter, her hands were so cold that my sister and I could hardly stand still for her to measure. I was always so proud of my clothes. I remember telling my teachers, “My mama made it!”
Happy Mother’s Day to you, Karen!
Karen,
Count me in, I can never have too much chocolate! My favorite “Mom Memory” would have to be when our middle child, Malorie, was still here with us. The nite before Mother’s Day she would be whispering to her dad making sure we had the eggs pancakes and bacon so she and dad could make me breakfast. Mother’s Day Morning she and dad would be up cooking, trying to get the other 2 kids up, and then surprise me with breakfast. She would even make placemats for me!
Needless to say, my kitchen was a disaster, but I loved it!
Enjoy your Mother’s Day Karen,
natalie
I’m in.
I would love to win this gift!!! It sounds so lovely and grown-up! Thanks!!
I think one of my most touching memories was when my son and I were shopping for college dorm room stuff just before he left home for Michigan. We were talking about girls he had dated and his frustration with a current girlfriend. He turned to me and sincerely said, “All I want, Mom, is to find a woman like you.”
I’ll never forget it. Until that moment, I wasn’t even sure he liked me!!
I’m in! And this isn’t my Favority mommy memory, but just one that makes me laugh. I was playing “The Mom Song” by Go Fish for the first time for my girls (3 & 5). After the line “If you have a lot of fun, but your work is never done, you’re a mom” plays, my 5 year old exclaims “That sounds like you, Mom!”
Hi-I’m in. I have many favorite memories so far of being a mom. I think my very first one is when my first child woke up in the morning and gave me her first smile. Being a mom is the best thing in the world to me and keeps me going many days.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there reading Karen’s Blog.
I’m in!
One of my favorite memories as a mom happened a year or so ago as I sat in church with my husband and it dawned on me that while I was sitting in the worship service all three of my children were serving the Lord that morning in some capacity. My oldest was playing guitar in the praise band, my middle child was upstairs helping in children’s church and my daughter was helping in the nursery. What a blessing to see your children serving the Lord – doesn’t get much better than that.
My favorite memory of my mom is watching her bake and welcome others in to our home. She was and still is a very gracious hostess.
My favorite memory of my boys who are still quite young is when they tell me they love me. I also love to watch them when they are sleeping…may be because the house is peaceful and they are resting
On Mother’s Day I am reminded of one of my favorite mom memories so far (I’ve only answered to “mom” for 2.5 years). On Mother’s Day 2006 I felt my baby boy, Jason Jr., kick for the very first time. I was only 18 weeks pregnant and didn’t know yet that he was a boy…it was the most wonderful feeling to feel those first little flutters like bubbles in my tummy that allowed me to connect for the first time with my baby. To be reminded that there was an actual person in there, growing each day, and that all the days of exhaustion and nausea up to that point were so worth it! God has blessed me abundantly, I love my “little man”.
Happy Mother’s Day to all!!!
–D.M.B.
How do I chose? There are many. One Christmas I took my 3 year old son into Walmart a few days before Christmas. We were walking down the toy isle and passed a red Ford F-150 power wheels and he looked at me and said… Mom, Santa can’t bring that Ford F-tee cause it’s too big. Needless to say, “Santa” brought that Ford F-tee and the joy at watching his face on Christmas morning was priceless!
I’m in! I could use some pampering!
My favorite mama moment is when they make me cards that say something really thoughtful.
My favorite memory of my mom is when we would go shopping and cover the whole mall – then I would decide what to get and go back and get it. I remember my mom slumping down in the dressing room saying, “Wake me up when you’re done…” 
I’m in!
Too many moments and memories to pick one, so I’m in!