Since today is Mother’s Day, this #SundayMessage is to all mothers everywhere…
Some are daughters… (I am blessed to have the BEST!)
Some are daughter-in-laws… (Claire is perfection)
Some are sisters…
Some sister-in-laws… (I love them all)
Some are aunts…
Some are cousins…
Some are friends…
Some are co-workers…
Some don’t have children of their own but are powerful mother mentors to many…
Some are Grandmothers… (I adored mine!)
Some are Mother-in-laws… (I had the best!)
But ONE is MY Mom, Olive…
No one could have worked any harder to be a wonderful mother. And not just to us her children but to everyone she came in contact with. She was an incredible example to us, yet she always found time for everyone else around her. She made sure no one felt left out. She was “Mother Osmond” to millions of you and one of the ways she’d do that was by writing her newsletters. She sent them to every single one of you she could. I remember when I was a teenager coming home from work late one night from the original Donny and Marie variety show; I saw her sitting at her computer writing her Mother Osmond‘s Memo…M.O.M. Do you remember those? Her M.O.M. monthly newsletters were kind of like social media is today. (She was always ahead of her time!) I walked up to her office door in our house, looked at her, and said, “You spend so much time doing those newsletters. I swear, I think you love the fans more than you love me.” I’ll never forget her response. With a great big smile on her face she said, “Well, honey, you’ll just have to get used to it,” giggled, and shut her door. 😂 Yes, I learned that night never to question how big her heart was. 🥰 She loved you all ferociously!!!! And so do I !!!! 🤗 I’m sure her example influenced my desire to write to all of you; it must be genetic. 😂 She loved keeping you all up-to-date about our family’s life and loved hearing about yours…she truly cared!
My dad would never allow anything but the utmost respect in our home for Mother. I remember him quoting scripture and often saying it was about our Mother. “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’” – Proverbs 31:28-31
So today, on Mother’s Day, I would like to honor her and thank her for the incredible example she was and is in my life. She’s my North Star for what a mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and more can be. Her chosen career path was always “mother,”… and for me, she was definitely the best! She loved unconditionally to all who knew her and inspired so many to strive to be the best they could be. I was told by her that when I’m ready to leave this life, it won’t be my awards and gold records that will bring me comfort. It will be my children and grandchildren. She continued saying the only way that will happen is if I make them my absolute priority. I know today that she was absolutely correct in this statement. So today, I thank God for her. I love you, Mom…. Thank you for your example of what a complete, whole, and happy woman looks like. Happy Heavenly Mother’s Day.
May 15-21: Matthew 21-23, Mark 11, Luke 19-20, John 12
May 22-28: Matthew 24-25, Mark 12-13, Luke 21
May 29-June 4: Matthew 26, Mark 14, John 13
June 5-11: John 14-17