For my wife on Mothers Day

With Sunday being Mothers Day, I thought now would be a great time to give a few figurative flowers to my wife. My mother has been deceased for 9 months. I cant give her flowers anymore but she did teach me how a mother should be and through that, I realized what kind of woman I wanted to marry to be the mother of my children. I found the perfect woman in my wife. We have 4 girls age 4 and under. The twins just turned a year old a couple of weeks ago. My wife's job doesn't go from 9 to 5. Its a 24 hour job, 365 days a year. She's the first one up in the morning. She's the last one to go to bed at night. In the middle of the night, she is up tending to any needs our children may have. I am currently unemployed so I try to help out as much as I can but I remember how it was when I was working. I would leave for work before the sun came up. Sometime after I left the babies would get up. My wife would feed them. After they were fed, the 2 older girls would get up. They wanted breakfast. She would get them breakfast. Then she would brush their teeth, wash their faces, get them dressed and do their hair. She read them books. She played with them. She did crafts with them (then cleaned up the mess) and somehow changed and fed the babies all the while. Snack time would come then nap time soon after. Whatever day it is she will do some housework. She has a schedule so every day involves some type of housework, i.e. cleaning, laundry, vacuuming, etc. This is typically done while everyone is napping. After lunch, she would play with the children again. Then she would read them books. She allowed for a little television time, but very little. She wants to keep their minds sharp so she keeps them away from the "boob-tube" as we used to call it when I was growing up. Another light snack in the middle of the afternoon. More playing. More reading. Then she would make sure that all the toys were cleaned up because she didn't want daddy (I am so blessed by this) to come home from a hard days work to a messy house. Then she had dinner ready and the table was set by the time I got home every night. After dinner, baths would follow. Then a light snack, more reading, maybe a little t.v., brush the teeth, put on pajamas and get ready for bed. After that she would do the things she didn't have time to do during the day. Then finally she would put on her pajamas, wash her face, brush her teeth and climb into bed. After all of this she never fails to find time to put her arms around me and tell me how important I am to her and that she loves me more than anything in the world. AMAZING!! She's not Wonder Woman or Super Girl. She's my wife and the mother to my children. She does what God has gifted her to do. And all this time, she never asks for anything. I don't know how she does it. She truly is the most amazing person I've ever seen. If our girls grow up to be doctors or lawyers or astronauts then I will be proud of them but what would make me more proud than anything is this: I hope they grow up to be just like their mommy. I love you babe. You'll never know how much. Happy Mothers Day.

LW