The background Music of a Mom...

A child can run and play and learn and try better to the background music of a Mom somehow.

(doesn't matter how old the child is!)

As the days go by, I catch myself, my breath, my being, 

and realize more and more what my mother gave to me. 

Indeed, she was the cheerleader of my life...the background music of everything me. 

After I had translated for a one hour presentation last week, my first thought was to call and share my Joy.  

"Momma, it worked!  They understood me!"

I really needed to call her yesterday with the blessed news:

"Amy just had her baby!  He's so cute and he looks alot like...and Amy is doing great!".

("Momma, today is Daddy's Birthday!  He misses you.")

"Momma, I made 120 popcorn balls, they weren't quite like yours...hard to get all the ingredients here, 

but they ate them and seemed to like them anyway. The training went great.  

We love these Cabo Verdianos."

"What should I do with my hair?  

It looks like 'the frizz that is' with all the humidity and heat! 

Was it like that for you when you were serving in the Philippians?"

Just simple little nothing Mom Moments.  

She would talk to me about anything and everything and again.

I hope to be a Mom like that for my children.  

Right now, Amy is holding her tiny Parker 

while her 4 children and sweet husband take turns deciding 

just whose eyes and nose and mouth and toes he has. He is perfect!

. Amy likes foot-rubs after her babies

and she likes a certain kind of cookie right next to her bed. 

It may as well be a Bahama vacation when a young mother has a baby. 

One whole day of being waited on with food you don't make

 and dishes you don't wash, and a bit of rest! (well...sort of).

I told her I was emailing a gentle foot rub and lots of hugs.

I can't buy those cookies here.

So thankful for the miracle of the internet, so we could 'be' there!  

She was sweet to tuck me in: 

"How about a rain-check!  Moms of five-month-olds need foot-rubs too!"

She will get that foot-rub!  Absolutely!

And my Mother already knows my Amy had her baby.  

Maybe she even got to be there when they weighed him in at 7 lbs. 14 oz. 

or maybe it was Momma who helped Amy feel my hug

or who gave a last minute hug to Parker just before he was born?

I don't know how it all works...but I know it works.

Love knows no boundaries.  The Music continues forever.

Welcome to Earth-life tiny Parker Gideon Stanger!

It's Heavenly having you here. 

You have been sent to a beautiful Mother who loves your wonderful Father 

and she loves Music... 

You will love it here!