A Happy and not so happy Mother's Day

I hope all the mothers out there had a fantastic Mother's Day. This weekend was probably one of the most difficult times since my mom has passed away. Friday I missed her a lot and ended up having a good cry. Saturday I was pretty sad and of course Sunday I was pretty teary eyed throughout the day. The constant reminders from everyone on Facebook about their Mother's Day activities or changing their profile picture to a picture of their mom and them was hard to take in. Everything I saw stung and was a constant reminder of the fact she isn't here with us anymore. I had never realized how much people were into Mother's Day. People were at brunches, BBQs, and other activities and I don't recall our family really doing anything special for it. Many of you were very supportive and checking in on me and I want to say thank you.

The girls told Cory they wanted to get me a Mother's Day present on Friday and then brought it up again at 8:00am this morning. Apparently, they were very distraught they hadn't gotten me anything. I ended up being woken up with breakfast in bed: A poppy seed muffing, vanilla yogurt, cereal, and confetti pancakes covered in whipped cream. And I got a gift certificate to a spa for a massage. And I guess that was my official first Mother's Day celebration...as a mom. It was a different (but wonderful)feeling being the mom for once. :) My brother also texted me Happy Mother's Day since I'm a "semi" mother.

I wanted to share a story with people that my grandma told me today because it frankly makes me feel good and proud. This is the story as best as I know it but you'll get the basic idea of it. A good friend of the family was attending (I believe) her Catholic Church in Ypsilanti, MI and the priest was performing a sermon (not sure if it's called something different for Catholics). His sermon was about faith and most of the sermon was centered around this one woman. He spoke about how he had been counseling nurses at UofM because a dear friend of theirs had recently passed away. He spoke of the recently passed woman and how she had cancer and had helped so many of her own patients through a difficult time because she was able to speak from her experiences. He spoke of the woman's faith in God and how strong it was. Apparently, his whole sermon was about this woman who had passed away. A woman he had never met. After the sermon, the friend of the family went up to him and asked if the woman he had spoken about was named Sue Pitluk. And he said, "Yes, it was." It's such a crazy story but it makes me feel so proud to have a mom that impacted so many lives and truly made a difference in the World she was living in.

I wanted to also pass along some good news. I'm now even closer to the $2,300.00 goal with only $580.00 to go! I hope to make that goal soon and begin working on the $5,000.00 one! Thank you again to everyone who has donated! Tomorrow is more walking!