Sunday, May 12, 2013

mothers day 2013

This is the third year in a row I am on the road working for Mothers Day.  Let me tell you it has been a really hard day for me.  I really miss my boys alot, if you are a mother I am sure you understand.  To add insult to injury all day I kept seeing lots of bicyclists out and about.  I wanted to take my bike off the rack and just join them, although I have a feeling they would leave me in their dust.  They all looked really good and well, I am just not at that caliber yet.  But I am dedicated at my job and I just kept on trapping, my motto is for every trap I get in the tree I am one trap closer to being with my boys and in their arms. 
By this evening the wind had picked up considerably and the cold weather was fast approaching.  I was wondering what those strange clouds were over the Adirondacks, now I know; winter clouds, yuck.  The really bad thing is, I did not pack any cold weather clothes, so tomorrow should be interesting.
Each day brings a new adventure for me while I am on the road.  Today I saw a house in the middle of nowhere on a single lane dirt road that was surrounded by marble or granite statues sculpted to fit into the landscape and they were different greek gods.  Let me say it was not what I expected at all, I just wish I had more time to stop and admire the pieces or to atleast take some pictures.  But alas, for every trap I am one trap closer to my boys.  I also found a glass blowing shop also in the middle of nowhere, which I do want to go back to in the future, maybe the next trip.  I talked to a dad who was out turkey hunting with his 11 year old son and learned all about the new lands in which he was working on getting them to be part of a conservation area so they can never be developed.  I could see how much it meant to him and how through his diligence his son would be able to teach his son how to hunt on those same land. 
I also had the privilege to talk with a gentlemen at the bar as we ate our dinner.  He travels alot for his job as well and can understand the tribulations and the adventures of life on the road.  He showed me pics of his granddaughter and I shared pics of my boys.  He could tell I was having a rough day and by the end of the meal he asked if he could pray for me.   I realized then and there how sometimes when you least expect it, god sends his angels to help you.  I never would have thought a bar/restaurant would be a place to receive an angel, but hey I also never thought I would see greek gods immortalized in Vermont either.  What he said touched my heart immensely and lifted my soul.  Although a prayer could never replace my boys nor fill my soul with the love I receive from them, it did help to lift me up and it has given me more strength so I can face tomorrow and get one trap closer to my boys.
So boys and girls what is the message for this mothers day?  Maybe its " the unexpected is around the next corner"  or maybe its "you don't have to be with the ones you love physically because their love is with you no matter where you are,"  Or maybe its, "I am proud of you, and to show you I am sending you an angel to give you a message."  Whatever the message is I can honestly say that Mothers Day is one day during the entire year and I don't need to celebrate being a mom on only one day when I have all the days of the year to be blessed by two wonderful boys.  The best thing that has ever happened to me is gods blessing of letting me borrow two of his angels, I truly am the luckiest mommy in the world and I look forward to celebrating being a mom the second I get home.

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there and Happy Travels.