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Mother's Day Weekend

Mother's Day Weekend
Mother's Day Weekend
We are the Hanson's / Family Life, Practical Tips & Self-Care
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