Most Inspirational Person in My Life

I admire so many people, but I would have to say that the person I admire the most is my Mom. I posted this picture of my mom on my blog a few years ago. She was always trying to get us to act like "ladies" and wear dresses. I remember when she used to make me walk around the house with a book on my head so that I wouldn't stomp around like an elephant. We made her a scrapbook for her 60th birthday and thought it was funny that we didn't find any pictures of my mom in dresses. We only found pictures of her dressed as a cow girl, guns and all.

My mom is a very strong person and also the most creative person I know. I remember watching her sew when I was very young and hoping someday that I would be able to make everything the way she did. Here is a picture of the first doll I made with my mom. I made it for a 6th grade project. She wanted me to embroider the face, but because I am stubborn I waited until she took a nap so that I could glue on a felt face. I couldn't wait for the doll to be finished and I didn't want to spend time embroidering it!!
When I was five I wanted to grow up and make things. I was told by teachers for years that I would never make any money by sewing or making things so I went to college and started a career I didn't really love. I really admire my Mom for being so supportive when I wanted to quit Corporate-America. She really encouraged me to follow my dreams and kept telling me that there was more to life than a career. I am so glad I listened because I am so much happier now. Whenever I am unsure of something my mom always has time to listen. There are six of us and that is a lot of listening!! Thanks Mom!!

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Most Meaningful Gift

In thinking about all the gifts I have received over the years, I have to say that the most meaningful gift I ever received is my husband. He is in the Army and is gone a lot. My husband was deployed to Iraq several years ago. Between training and the actual deployment he was gone for 1-1/2 years. He missed two Christmas holidays, but on the second Christmas I got a phone call letting me know he was coming home on New Year’s Eve.

I had already spent all of that December filling up my front yard with lights, but never turning them on hoping he would be home soon. I am sure the neighbors thought I was crazy because everyday I put up more lights, but my house was the only house on the street that didn’t have any lights on. On New Year’s Eve I turned all of them on….the only colors I used were red, white & blue.

At 2:00am my husband’s flight arrived and at 4:00am his unit marched into the field house on post which was decorated for Christmas. As they marched in the song “I am Proud To Be An American” by Lee Greenwood was playing in the background. I will always cry when I hear that song! I will never ever be able to completely describe the feeling of seeing him march in that night. We were very fortunate that he came home safe and that was the best gift I have ever received. It was the most memorable moment of my life, even more memorable than my wedding day.

Since that day we stopped exchanging gifts and spend the money on doing things together.

Now, I would love to hear about YOUR most meaningful gift! Be sure to blog about your experience and then link up right here with us! Once the Linky has closed, I will be choosing a winner at random from the linked up posts to win $75 to shop my store!!! The Linky will remain open for a full week, so get those posts ready and come back for some blogging fun!