May 12, 2026

Mother's Day Weekend

Mother's Day Weekend

This week on We Are the Hansons, we share one of the most heartfelt and beautiful weekends our family has had in a long time — Mother’s Day weekend. From breakfast made with love and surprise visits from the kids to flowers covering the kitchen counters, grandbabies filling the house with laughter, and a family cookout around the grill, this episode is a reminder that the greatest moments in life are often the simplest ones. A real, emotional, and unforgettable celebration of motherhood, family, and togetherness.

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There are certain weekends in life that don't feel huge

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while they're happening. No big vacations, no expensive trips, no

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perfectly planned schedules, just people you love showing up at

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your door, and somehow those are the weekends that stay

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with you forever. This past Mother's Day weekend was one

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of those weekends for me, the time where the house

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never really stayed quiet for very long, doors opening, kids

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walking in, grand babies laughing, flowers getting set on the counter,

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somebody yelling from another room, Jeremy out by the grill,

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little girls carrying gifts with giant smiles on their faces

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because they could barely wait for me to open them.

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And every single time someone walked through that door, I

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kept having the same thought, how did we get this lucky?

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Because when you're raising a big family, life moves so

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fast that sometimes you don't realize you're living the moments

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you'll remember forever. But this weekend I knew. I knew

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while it was happening. I remember sitting there Sunday evening,

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flowers everywhere, the smell of burghers on the grill filling

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the air, grand babies running around, everybody talking over each other,

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and Jeremy cooking outside while the girls showed me all

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the plants they got me, and I remember thinking, this

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is it. This is what all the hard days were for.

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This is the reward. Not money, not success, not perfect

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houses or perfect schedules, this family love, people wanting to

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come home to you. And honestly, as a mom, there

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is no greater gift than that, because mothers spend years

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pouring themselves into everybody else. You stay up late, wake

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up early. You sacrifice sleep, You sacrifice peace and quiet.

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You sacrifice your body, your energy, your emotions, your time.

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You give and give and give without ever really stopping

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to ask what you need. And most moms don't do

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it because they expect anything back. We do it because

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we love our people. But every once in a while,

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your family gives some of that love back to you.

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And this weekend I felt it everywhere, from every child,

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every hug, every flower, every conversation, every knock at the door,

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and honestly, I don't think I'll ever forget it.

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So today I.

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Wanted to sit down and tell you guys about our

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Mother's Day weekend. Because it wasn't flashy, it wasn't pinterest perfect,

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it was real, it was loud, it was beautiful, and

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it was one of my favorite weekends we've had in

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a long time. So let's talk about it. Our Mother's

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Day weekend really started on Saturday when we went over

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to our daughter Kenna's house.

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And first of all, I still.

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Have moments where it hits me that our kids are

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adults now, like genuinely adults, adults, because in my mind,

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I can still picture Kenna as this tiny little girl.

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I can still see her running through the house, I

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can still hear her little voice. I can still remember

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the chaos of raising all these kids when everybody was

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little and the house constantly felt like it was exploding

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with noise and laundry and snacks and somebody crying about

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something every five minutes. And then suddenly you blink and

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your daughter is inviting you over to dinner at her house.

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That kind of thing messes with your emotions as a

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mom in the best possible way, because you realize the

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years really did pass, and those little moments become memories

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without you even noticing, and now your babies are building

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lives of their own. So we went over to Kenna

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and Christians on Saturday and immediately it felt warm and welcoming,

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and honestly, there's something so emotional as a parent about

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being welcomed into your child's home because when your kids

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are little, your house is their safe place.

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Then one day they.

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Grew up and create safe places for their own, and

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that's such a beautiful thing to witness. Kenna made dinner

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for us, and I kept having these little moments where

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I just stop and watch her, watching her move around

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her kitchen, watching her host, watching her pull dishes out

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of the oven, watching her interact with everybody, watching her

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make sure everyone had a drink before she sat down herself.

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And there's this weird emotional thing that happens as a

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mom where part of your brain still sees your daughter

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as your little girl, but another part suddenly sees the

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incredible woman she became, and honestly, it makes you emotional

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in ways you can't even explain. Because I remember teaching

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her how to set a table, I remember her standing

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on the stool next to me, trying to help in

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the kitchen when she could barely see over the counter.

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I remember the years of her.

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Being underfoot while I cook dinner for everybody, And now

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suddenly she's the one hosting, she's the one cooking, she's

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the one making sure everybody is comfortable, and it's like

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watching a circle complete itself right in front of you.

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That's the kind of moment you can't put into words.

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Dinner was wonderful, not because it was fancy, not because

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it had to be perfect, but because we were together.

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And I think that's something people forget sometimes. The older

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I get, the more I realized the meal itself almost

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never matters. It's the people around the table that's what

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you remember. It's the conversations, the laughter, the feeling. That's

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the stuff that stays with you. And after dinner, Kenna

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and Kristin gave me gifts for Mother's Day. And I

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know gifts aren't the point of Mother's Day. I know that,

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but there is something incredibly touching about your children taking

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time to pick something out for you, because it means

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they thought about you. And honestly, Mom spends so much

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time thinking about everyone else, so when somebody turns around

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and thinks about you for a minute, it feels special.

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And I remember looking at them and thinking how grateful

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I was, not for the gifts themselves, but for the

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people they became kind people, loving people, thoughtful people, And

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as a parent, that's really the goal, isn't it.

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You hope your kids.

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Grow into good humans. You hope they love deeply. You

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hope they care about people. You hope they become the

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kind of adults others feel safe around. And watching our

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kids grow into that has honestly been one of the

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greatest joys of my life. The evening just felt peaceful, warm, comfortable,

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the kind of night where you don't want to rush

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home because being together simply feels good. And I remember

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leaving there Saturday night already feeling incredibly loved. Little did

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I know Sunday was going to be one of those

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days where people just kept showing up all day long,

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and honestly, those are my favorite kinds of days. Sunday

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mornings started in one of the sweetest ways possible. I

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woke up on Mother's Day to my ten year old

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Torrent and Gavin's girlfriend Riley making me breakfast.

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And first of all, there's just.

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Something about kids making breakfast that automatically makes it taste better.

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I don't care what anybody says. It could be slightly

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burnt toast, messy pancakes, eggs that maybe got a little overcooked,

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and somehow it still tastes like the best meal ever

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because of the love behind it and Toaurum was so

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excited you could see it all over her face, the

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kind of excitement kids get when they can barely hold

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in us a prise. She kept watching me from across

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the kitchen to see my reaction. She kept asking if

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I liked it, She kept checking to see if everything

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turned out okay, and every time I told her how

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perfect it was, she lit up all over again. And honestly,

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I love that age so much. Ten years old is

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such a sweet age because they're old enough to really

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understand wanting to make somebody feel special, but still young

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enough to get genuinely excited about it.

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And Riley helping her made it.

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Even sweeter because as a mom, one of the things

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that means the most is when the people your kids

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choose are kind to your family. And Riley has always

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been so sweet, so thoughtful, so seeing her and Torn

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together making breakfast for me honestly melted my heart. I

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remember walking in and just immediately smiling because they.

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Were both so proud of themselves.

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And they should have been, because moments like that become

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core memories, not the expensive things, not the over the

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top things, the simple things, the thoughtful things. That's what

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stays with people forever. And we sat there eating breakfast together,

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talking and laughing, and I remember thinking, how surreal is

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that watching your family grow and evolve over the years,

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Because suddenly there are girlfriends becoming part of the family,

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grandbabies running around, adult children visiting, and your life starts

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expanding in these beautiful ways you never fully imagined when

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your kids were little. After breakfast, we visited with Gavin

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and Riley for a while and they gave me some

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beautiful flowers. And if you know me at all, you

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know flowers instantly make me emotional. There's just something about

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fresh flowers sitting around the house that changes the entire

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feeling of a room. It feels alive, warm, loved, And

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throughout the day our house slowly started filling up with

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flowers everywhere, different colors, different arrangements, different people bringing them.

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A bouquet on the counter, a vase on the dining

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room table, a small arrangement sitting near the window. Pinks

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and yellows and whites and soft purples, all mixed together,

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and every single bouquet felt like another little reminder that

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I'm loved, and honestly, moms don't always stop long enough

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to feel appreciated. Most of us are usually already thinking

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about the next thing that needs done. Laundry, dishes, dinner schedules, appointments, groceries,

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something always needs something. But Sunday forced me to slow

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down a little bit and just receive love, which honestly

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is harder for moms than people realize.

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We're so used to.

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Being the givers, so when everybody suddenly starts pouring into you,

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it almost feels emotional in an overwhelming way. We spend

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time visiting with Gavin and Riley and also Tristan and Keenan,

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and one thing I love most about our family is

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that we genuinely enjoy sitting around talking together, because I

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know not every family has that. Not every family can

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just sit together comfortably, laugh together, spend time together naturally,

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and I never take that for granted. There's something beautiful

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about looking around the room and realizing your adult children

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can still want to spend time with you, that they

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still come around, still visit, still laugh together. That's a

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blessing and honestly, as a parent, it makes you feel

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like maybe you did something right. Not perfect, nobody parents perfectly.

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We all make mistakes, we all have moments we wish

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we could redo. But when your grown children still come home,

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still choose family, you realize love matter more than perfection

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could ever. Later on Mother's Day, Kenna and Christian stop

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by with our three grand babies, and let me tell

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you something. Nothing changes the energy of a house faster

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than grand babies walking through the door. Instant chaos, instant laughter,

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instant noise, tiny shoes coming off in the entryway, little

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voices echoing through the house, Sticky little hands wanting diaper bags,

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getting dropped on the couch, And honestly, I love every

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second of it. There is something magical about becoming grandparents

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because you get all the overwhelming love of having babies

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around again, but with a different perspective this time. When

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you're a young parent, you're exhausted all the time, you're surviving,

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you're stressed, you're worried about everything. But as grandparents, you

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slow down enough to fully soak in the little moments.

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You notice tiny things more, the laughs, the little voices,

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the tiny shoes by the door, the way they reach

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out wanting to be held, the way they look at

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you when they're concentrating on something, the little expressions that

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look exactly like one of your kids did. At that age,

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you realize how fast childhood really goes, because now you've

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already lived through it once, so every moment feels extra precious.

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And seeing Kenna and Christian parenting their babies is honestly

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one of the most beautiful things ever, because suddenly your

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children become the parent and you see pieces of yourself

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in them. You see traditions continuing, love continuing, family continuing,

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and its emotional and the most beautiful way. The house

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felt so alive, everybody talking, kids moving around, people laughing

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from different rooms, and honestly, those are my favorite sounds

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in the entire world. Not silence, not peace and quiet,

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family noise. That's what home sounds like to me. Eventually,

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Kenna and Christian headed home with their babies, and not

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too long after that, Colin stopped in and Colin came

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Barren gifts too. He got me a really nice water bottle,

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a water raft, and a cooling towel.

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I laughed because those gifts were so.

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Thoughtful and practical at the same time, and that's one

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of my favorite kinds of gifts honestly things somebody picked

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up because because they genuinely thought about you and what

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you'd enjoy. And I could already picture using all of

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this this summer, especially the water raft, because if there

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is one thing about our family, we love summer. We

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love being outside. We love pool days and sunshine and

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cookouts and chaos and everybody running around. We love long

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evenings on the back deck. We love watermelon on the porch.

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We love the kind of summer that wears everybody out

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in the best possible way. So getting summer gifts honestly

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made me excited for everything coming up. And again, it

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wasn't even about the actual items, it was about being

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thought of. That's what makes moms emotional, feeling seen, feeling appreciated,

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feeling loved. And throughout the day, I kept having these

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moments where I look around and just feel incredibly grateful

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because there were years when life was hard, years when

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we struggled, years when we were exhausted, years when we

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wondered if we were doing anything right. And now suddenly

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you're standing in your kitchen on Mother's Day, surrounded by

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growing children and flowers and gifts and laughter and grand

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babies and love, and you realize every hard season was

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worth it. Every sleepless night, every sacrifice, every stressful moment

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worth it. Later on, Adam came by too, and he

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brought me a caramel cake. And let me tell you

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right now, that cake was amazing, absolutely amazing. The frosting

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was that perfect kind of caramel that's halfway between glaze

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and icing. It had the soft pole when you cut

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into it, that deep brown sugar smell, that little hint

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of vanilla underneath, And honestly, there's just something comforting about

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somebody showing up with a dessert, especially caramel cake, because

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caramel cake feels like something a grandma would make. It

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feels old fashioned, it feels like Sunday afternoons. It feels

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like the kind of dessert that doesn't try too hard

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to impress you. It just shows up and it tastes

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like home. And by that point, the kitchen counters were

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becoming completely filled with Mothers Day things, flowers, gifts, food, plants, cards.

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It looked like love exploded all over the house. And

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I remember thinking how beautiful it is when a family

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keeps showing up for each other, Because life gets busy.

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Everybody has responsibilities, schedules, work, kids, stress, but people still

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made time to stop by, to visit, to celebrate, to

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love on me. And I don't take that lightly at all.

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Then my younger girls, Madison, Torren and Anelin, along with Jeremy,

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gave me even more flowers, along with vegetables to plant,

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and a huge strawberry plant.

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And if you know me, you know I love things

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like that.

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There's something so peaceful and grounding about gardening, about planting things,

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watching things grow, taking care of something, And honestly, I

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think motherhood is a lot like gardening in a weird way.

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You plant, love, you nurture constantly, you protect you water,

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you encourage growth, and then one day you look around

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and realize everything bloomed. That's exactly what motherhood feels like sometimes.

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And the strawberry plant especially made me so happy because

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I could already picture it growing throughout the summer, little

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reminders of this mother's day every time i'd see it outside.

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I love the idea of a mother's day gift that

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keeps going, something that grows, something that comes back, something

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that turns into actual free you can pick and share.

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And honestly, I already know exactly where I'm going to

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put it. I want it somewhere.

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I'll see it.

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Every single morning when I walk outside with my coffee,

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because gardens are funny like that. You walk past them

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every day and you notice tiny changes, a new leaf,

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a new bud, a new little berry forming, and every

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time you notice something new, you smile. It's like the

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plant is celebrating with you in slow motion all summer long.

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Jeremy also got me bass soak, which honestly felt like

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the funniest but most accurate mom gift ever, because I

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think mothers collectively are all exhausted like permanently, and the

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older I get, the more exciting relaxing gifts become. Years ago,

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maybe I would have wanted something flashy. Now give me

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bass soak and quiet. That's luxury. And honestly, Army knows

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me so well. After all these years together, he still

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manages to pick things that feel thoughtful and comforting, and

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that matters. Marriage changes over the years. Young love is

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exciting and passionate and chaotic, But long term love that's different.

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It's deeper.

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It's somebody knowing exactly what comforts you, exactly what you

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need exactly how to love you after years and years

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of life together. It's somebody knowing that bath silk is

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going to mean more than jewelry on a tired Mother's Day.

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It's somebody knowing that you light up over flowers and

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plants instead of expensive packages. It's somebody knowing your love

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language without you ever having to explain it, and that

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kind of being known that's one of the most underrated

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gifts in a long marriage. And honestly, there's something really

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beautiful about building a life with somebody over decks gates,

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especially when you've raised this giant family together, because there

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are so many memories woven into your relationship, so many

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seasons you survived together, and standing there on Mother's Day

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surrounded by our family honestly made me emotional thinking about

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how far we've come, because there were days years ago

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when life felt overwhelming. Raising a huge family isn't easy.

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It's beautiful, but it's also exhausting. There's always noise, always laundry,

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always dishes, always schedules, always somebody needing something, And when

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your kids are little, you spend so much time just

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trying to survive the day that you don't always realize

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you're building something beautiful. But when the holidays like this

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happen and suddenly you see it, You see the life

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you build, you see the love you created, and it

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hits you.

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All at once.

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By the evening, we decided to have a cookout from

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Mother's Day dinner, and honestly, cookout food just tastes like

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summer and happiness to me. Jermy grilled hamburgers, corn on

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the cob and asparagus, and the smell outside was incredible.

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There's something about real smoke in the evening air. It

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instantly feels like family time. It instantly feels like summer

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is coming. It instantly feels like everything is okay. And

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while Jeremy cooked, everybody was outside talking and hanging out,

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moving in and out of the house. Somebody kept the

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screen door swinging open and closed. Somebody was laughing about

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something on the porch. Somebody was holding a grand baby

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up to look at the sky. And I remember standing

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there for a second, just taking it all in. The flowers,

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the kids, the gifts, the conversations, the smell of dinner cooking,

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the sound of people laughing, and I genuinely wished I

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could freeze time for a minute. Because those are the

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moments moms live for, not perfection. Presence that's what matters. Presence,

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people showing up, people wanting to be together, and honestly,

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in today's world, that means everything. Families are pulled in

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so many directions now. Everybody's busy, everybody is distracted, phones, schedules, stress.

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But this weekend reminded me how important it is to

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intentionally gather together, to sit around together, to eat together,

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to visit, to slow down long enough to actually enjoy

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each other. And I think that's why this Mother's Day

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felt so special to me, because nobody rushed, people lingered,

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people stayed, people talked, and those are always the best

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kinds of days. I remember sitting there eating dinner thinking

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about how motherhood changes over time. Kids are little, motherhood

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is physical exhaustion. You're constantly moving, constantly helping, constantly cleaning,

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constantly carrying something. But when your kids grow up, motherhood

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becomes emotional. You become the gathering place, the safe place,

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the home everybody returns to, and honestly, that role means

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everything to me. I want our kids to come home.

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I want our house to feel warm and welcoming. I

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want our family to stay connected as life changes, because

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at the end of the day, family is everything.

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Truly.

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Nothing else matters more, not achievements, not money, not social media.

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None of it matters more than the people sitting around

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your dinner table. And I think this Mother's Day reminded

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me of that more than ever. At one point, I

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looked around and realized there were flowers all over the kitchen.

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We don't know why that specifically made me emotional, but

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it did. Maybe because every bouquet represented somebody taking time

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to think about me, Maybe because flowers feel temporary and

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precious at the same time, maybe because they made the

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house feel extra full of love. But I remember just

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staring at them for a minute, feeling incredibly thankful. Thankful

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for my husband, thankful for my kids, thankful for our grambaby,

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thankful for the life we've built together. Thankful for the

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chaos too, because our life is chaotic, always big family

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life is never calm. There's always somebody talking, always somebody

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needing something, somebody laughing, somebody yelling across the house. I

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wouldn't trade it for anything, ever, because one day the

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house will get quieter, one day there won't be constant footsteps.

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One day, there won't be random kids walking through the

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door every few minutes. And I know enough now to

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understand that these loud years are actually the beautiful years,

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even when they're exhausting, especially when they're exhausting, because this

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is life happening, real life. And I think Mother's Day

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becomes emotional partly because moms realize how fast everything moves.

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You spend years wishing certain stages would pass, wishing kids

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would sleep through the night, wishing things would get easier,

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and then suddenly those stages are gone forever, and you

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do anything to relive one ordinary day again. So this

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Mother's Day, I found myself really trying to stay present,

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trying to notice everything, trying to mentally save little moments

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the sound of the grand babies laughing, tourn proudly making breakfast,

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tear me standing at the grill, flowers on the counter,

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the girls showing me the plants, everybody stopping by throughout

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the day, because those little moments are the big moments,

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That's the truth. And honestly, I think moms sometimes struggled

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to fully accept love and appreciation because we're so used

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to being the ones giving it. But this weekend reminded

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me of how important it is to receive love too,

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to let people celebrate you, to let people thank you,

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to let yourself feel appreciated without immediately minimizing it. Because

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motherhood matters. It matters deeply. The meals, the hugs, the

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rides to practice, the late night talks, the sacrifices. Nobody

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sees it all matters, and sometimes moms really need reminders

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of that. I know I did, because, if I'm being

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honest with you, guys, there have been Mothers Days in

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years past where I felt invisible. Here's when life was

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so chaotic that the day kind of came and went

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without much fanfare. Years when I'd be the one cooking

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dinner on Mother's Day because that's just how the day fell.

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Years when I went to bed feeling like the day

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blurred past me. And I'm not saying that to complain.

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That's just real life. That's the truth of being in

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the trenches of motherhood while your kids are little. But

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this Mother's Day was different. This Mother's Day, I felt

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celebrated in a way I haven't in a long time,

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and it made me realize how much that simple feeling matters.

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Being seen, being thanked, being slowed down for this weekend

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filled my heart in a way I honestly didn't even

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realize I needed. Not because everything was extravagant, but because

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it was genuine. Real love always feels different, you can

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feel it, and this weekend was overflowing with it. Now,

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before I wrap up this episode, I want to share

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something with you guys, because Adam's caramel cake honestly inspired me.

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So later in the week I made my own version,

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and it took me right back to my grandma Darlene's

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kitchen because she used to make the most incredible cakes

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every spring. I can still remember the smell, the warm

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buttery smell drifting through her whole house, and every time

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I make it now it feels like she's standing right

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there with me. So this is the handsome house caramel cake.

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It's simple, it's old fashioned. It's the kind of cake

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you make when you want the house to feel like home.

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For the cake, you'll need one cup of softened butter,

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two cups of sugar, four eggs, three cups of all

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purpose flour, one tablespoon of baking powder, half a teaspoonful

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of salt, one cup of whole milk, and two teaspoons

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of vanilla extract. Preheat your oven to three hundred and

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fifty degrees. Greasee in flour two nine inch round cake

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pants in a big bowl. Cream the butter and sugar

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together until light and fluffy. That's the part where you

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can't rush. Take your time, let it really get pale

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and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating

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well after each one, in another bowl. Wisk together the flour,

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baking powder, and salt. Add it to the butter mixture

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a little at a time, alternating with the milk. Stir

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in the vanilla. Pour the batter evenly into the two pans.

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Bake for about thirty minutes, or until a toothpick comes

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out clean. Let them cool completely before frosting. Now for

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the caramel icing. This is where the magic happens. In

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a heavy saucepan, Melt one stick of butter over medium heat.

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Add one cup of brown sugar packed tight, a quarter

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cup of whole milk, and a pinch of salt. Bring

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it to a gentle boil while stirring constantly. Let it

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bubble for about two minutes. Then pull it off the heat.

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Whisk in two cups of powdered sugar and one teaspoon

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of vanilla. Keep whisking until smooth and pourable. You have

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to work fast here because caramel icing sets up Quickly.

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Pour half over the bottom layer, stack the second cake

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on top, then pour the rest over the top, letting

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it drip down the sides. Let it set for about

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thirty minutes before slicing, and honestly, this cake tastes even

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better the next day. Something about caramel icing soaking into

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a soft butter cake overnight. It's pure comfort. Pour yourself

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a cup of coffee, cut a thick slice, sit down

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for ten minutes, and just enjoy it.

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Grandma Darlene would have loved this one.

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By the time the night was winding down Sunday, I

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remember feeling completely exhausted, but the good kind of exhausted,

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the kind where your heart feels full. And honestly, I

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sat there thinking this was a perfect Mother's day, not

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because everything went perfectly, but because we were together. That's

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all I ever really want to gatherness. That's the greatest gift.

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And I know someday I'll look back on weekends like

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this and miss these exact moments. The noise, the cookouts,

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the flowers, the random visits throughout the day, the grand

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babies running around. I'll miss all of it. So I'm

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trying really hard these days not to rush through life

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so fast. I'm trying to notice more, appreciate more, slow

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down more, because this season of life is beautiful. Busy, chaotic,

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but beautiful, and honestly, I feel incredibly blessed to be

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the mom and in this family. I truly do. Our

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kids are all so different and unique and wonderful in

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their own ways, and getting to watch them grow into

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adults while also still staying connected as a family has

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been one of the greatest gifts of my entire life.

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So if my kids ever listened to this episode someday,

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thank you. Thank you for making me feel loved. Thank

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you for showing up. Thank you for the flowers and

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gifts and breakfasts and cake and plants and time together.

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Thank you for choosing us on a day when you

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could have done anything else. But more than anything, thank

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you for being the people you are. That's the real gift.

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And Jeremy, thank you for building this life with me.

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Thank you for all the years of chaos and teamwork

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and family dinners and hard seasons and beautiful seasons. We

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really built something special together and I don't think I

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say that enough. This Mother's Day weekend reminded me of

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something important. A successful life isn't measured by how perfect

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things look. It's measured by love, and this weekend our

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house was overflowing with it, and honestly, I couldn't ask

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for anything more than that. So to every mom listening

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right now, I hope you felt loved this Mother's Day.

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I hope somebody thanked you. I hope somebody hugged you

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a little tighter. And if nobody said it to you,

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thank you for all the invisible things you do every

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single day. They matter more than you know. And to

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our family listening, thank you guys for spending another.

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Episode with us.

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These are the moments I always want to remember, the

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real ones, the messy, beautiful family moments, and honest this

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was one of my favorite weekends we've had in a

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long time. We love you, guys, and we will see

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you in the next episode of We Are The Hansens