In My Momma's Eyes.

So I saw Faith interviewed her Mom in celebration of Mother's Day, and I totally wanted to do it, so here's my take on it, hope it's okay I stole it Faith :)

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out in blogland tomorrow! 

1.  I'm your favorite child right?

1.  Never make a parent; especially a mom, choose a favorite. But since you asked here goes it: you are my favorite because I was blessed with you first and you are a fighter.  You have overcome so many obstacles and I pray I made your life a little bit easier. I tried my best to teach you that God doesn't make mistakes and that He never gives us more than we can handle with his help.  2. Matthew is my favorite because he is the one I can count on to do many tasks and he makes me laugh.    3. Zakery is my favorite because he continued to get up each morning and went to school; even though he was bullied weekly. He, like you, is a fighter. He also has a gentle soul.  4. Olivia is my favorite because she sees the good in all and I love to listen to her play piano.  5. Rebekka is my favorite because she never complains when asked to do something.  6. Nik is my favorite because he says what he thinks. 
You see Meghan, at one point each of you were my favorite for many different reasons; I am truly blessed with 6 favorite children. 

(She's just being nice, I am in her phone as favorite daughter, which I may or may not have changed myself :D)

2. What would your perfect Mothers Day look like?

Perfect Mother's Day for me would be grilling in the park with Papa and all of my children; followed by lawn games and a relaxing walk. To finish the day, I would like to watch Float Hopes with a bottle of wine and just Papa. I saw this movie in the theater by myself when your Dad and I were going through our divorce and I was at a very low place.  This movie and Papa gave me hope that things I would be all right. 

We call my stepdad Papa, and she means Hope Floats, which also happens to be one of my favorite movies as well.  

3. What is your favorite nickname I've given you (mamacita, momma, mommy, mommy dearest?)

3.  I love it when you answer your phone, "Hi Mommy!" So I guess this is my favorite nickname from you.

Why yes, I'm 21 and I still call my mom Mommy sometimes.  

4. Since we know the best day of your life was april 2nd, 1992, what was your second best day?

4. Second best day:  I try to find a reason that every day was the best day; but if I must give an answer it would be the day Papa came home from serving in Iraq. 

At least she didn't dispute the fact that my being born was her best day teehee.  But yes, I agree that was a pretty awesome day, when Papa came home! 

5. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

5. How boring would that be?  I guess it would be pizza. 

I agree, but if I had to choose, it would either be my stepdad's homemade pizza, or my granny's chicken and dumplings.  

6. If you won the lottery, what would you do with it?

6. Lottery:  set up college funds for all of my children, give some for kidney disease research; invest some, by a house Costa Rica and be a volunteer nurse there for a while; cut way back at work and travel. 

Can I have a puppy? 

7. If you could be 21 again, knowing what you know now, would you do it again?

7. I don't want to be 21 again, and I wouldn't change my life, as each part of it has made me the strong woman that I am. 

I like this answer.  

8. One piece of advice for my bloggy friends?

Words do hurt people; so be kind in what you write/post.

I agree!  My momma is a smart person.  

9. What's a random fact that I don't know about you?

 That I almost didn't have Grandpa walk me down the aisle. My heart was telling me to have my former teacher give me away; but my head told me that I needed to have my Dad walk with me. 

Nope I did not know this, but I know how much you looked up to Mr. Filipich and how much he meant to you.  

10. What's your favorite thing about me? 

My favorite thing about you: you are strong and you have an abundance of faith!!!

Aww thanks Mommy!

Don't Sell Yourself Short.

Sell yourself in ten words or less.  

Great things come in small packages. I'm short, but I can pack a punch. 

(so, it's 14 words, sue me.) 

Day 9&10

May 9th--A moment of your day!

Yesterday was pretty awesome.  I had to work in the the morning/early afternoon, but then I spent the evening with my grandparents which included lots of laughs and a late night Culvers run.  

May 10th--Most embarrassing moment

When my dad and stepmom were engaged, we went to the Mall of America to look for dresses, keep in mind, I was only 8 or 9, and I told Lynn, you know where you should look for a wedding dress? Victoria's Secret.  I still laugh at myself about that one.  

Pieces of Happy!

This week had a lot of small little happy moments, so I thought I would link up with Kenzie once again!

--getting tweeted by Brian McNamara aka General Holden on Army Wives, not once but twice!

--laying out in my yard re-reading The Last Song

--finding out that I get to go to see Tim McGraw in concert with one of my cousins in September

--dancing in the rain on Wednesday

--late night Culvers run with my brother and sister and grandparents and laughing so hard we were crying and my grandma telling us to get out of the car before she peed because we were making her laugh so hard. 

--my sissy is going to her junior prom tomorrow :) 

So what was something that made you happy this week? 

xo. 

Three Things Thursday

linking up with Myranda and Kristyn for Three Things Thursday, which the theme this week is three favorite things about your mom.  

I have a mom & a stepmom, so we're going to do it for each one!

1) I've always known how much she loves me, she's always telling me she loves me higher than any mountaintop and deeper than any sea.  

2) She's not only a great mom, but she's a great nurse, and she's really caring not only at work, but with us kids too!

3) She calls me all the time, even when I don't call her back, and is always checking in on me.  I've never had to wonder if she cares.  

& my stepmom.

1) She has NEVER tried to take my mom's place, and that's probably my favorite thing about her.  She's never told me I had to call her mom or that she was my mom or anything like that.  

2) She makes me laugh! 

3) She has no filter, she tells it how she sees it & I wish I was more like her sometimes!  

p.s. I hate the word stepmom, she's way more than that to me, when I was looking on Pinterest, I was like, um, why am I looking for stepmom stuff, I don't have one of those! She seriously is just like another mom to me!  

Blog Each Day in May

So at the beginning of May, I saw this on Jenni's blog and I was like, YES! let's do this! & promptly got lazy & never did it, so I'm catching up now! 

May 1st-Describe yourself in 250 words or less

Jesus lover. Twenty-One.  Life lover.  Believer of small moments making the biggest memories. Sister. Daughter. Granddaughter. Niece. Cousin. Best Friend. Country music is the soundtrack to my life.  I believe my family and friends, along with my faith are the three most important things in my life.  I’m a grandpa and grandma’s girl and love them more than life itself.  Country from my head down to my boots.  White chocolate mocha drinker. Loyal to a fault.  Lover who lots of fight in her & stands up for the people and things she believes in.  Laughter is the best medicine.  Thinks everybody has a story and loves hearing them.  This is Me. This is Meghan.  

May 2nd-Educate us on something you know a lot about or are good at

Hmm.  I know a lot about being a big sister.  It's a lot of work, and I feel like it's my part of my responsibility to lead my brothers and sisters onto the right path.  Yes, they have my parents, but sometimes, you just need your big sister's advice y'know? Or somebody who's not gonna flip out when you tell them what happened with that guy or that person you weren't supposed to be hanging out with.  

 May 3rd-Things that make me uncomfortable

Not knowing what is going on

Sleeping with the door open

When somebody other than Mady is driving(she has a distinct style of driving)

Watching someone get chewed out

Being put in the middle between Mady and my parents

May 4th-Favorite quote

Worry about Nothing; in turn Pray about EVERYTHING! 

-Philippians 4:6

It's always reminded me that God has everything in His hands and He's for me and not against me! 

May 5th-Blogger Love

I just did a post on this a few months ago here! 

May 6th-If you couldn't answer with your job, what would you say you do?

I would say I'm a lover. A writer. Dreamer.  I'm a listener.  A person who is always here to try and help others.  

May 7th-The Things You are Most Afraid Of

My grandparents dying without warning. 

May 8th-A piece of advice you have for everyone

If you love someone, tell them, you never know if it will be the last opportunity you have to tell them!  

Smile. Giggle. Snort.

Sometimes, my sense of humor resembles that of a teenaged boy, I try to keep my Pinterest humor a little more mature though lol.  

Here are some that had me laughing pretty hard! 

linking up with michelle for:

& shanna for: