1. Her full name is Mildred Maxine Muecke... she goes by Maxine, for obvious reasons! lol She loves her family with all her heart, and really cares about all the little details in my life!
2. Always the “Homeroom Mom” during our CHA days; she was awesome at planning class parties and decorating for Fall Festivals, etc. She was very involved in all our activities (programs, spelling bees, field trips, sports, debate matches, etc.) and I really loved that!
3. Took Rach and I and our friends TP-ing several times – we had a blast TP-ing the trees and using silly string and sidewalk chalk in the yards! (We didn’t know at the time that she had also called the boys’ parents and okay’d it w/them first. Lol)
4. My 8th grade year when she homeschooled me (that year only), we had so much fun! =) We always got the school part over with on Monday and Tuesday, and spent the rest of the week hanging out, shopping, and doing fun things for and with Rach’s class! Good times!
5. Calls me every morning with my daily “wake-up call.” Yes, I'm serious. =) We also talk every night before bed and get all caught up on what happened in each others’ days!
6. She quit working when I was in first grade so that she could be a stay-at-home mom, which she loved and found great purpose in (side note: it really angers me when people belittle women who choose that path)!
7. She has good fashion sense, and really enjoys shopping for me… yay!! I’ve come home several times to find a bunch of new fun clothes laying on my bed! :)
8. Whenever she comes to stay with me now, she always cleans my house and makes everything look awesomely perfect! She just can’t help it. lol
9. The most generous person I know; always thinking of others and willing to help in any way she can! If it’s important to me or Rach, it quickly becomes very important to her… like taking food to Billy and Nikki, for example!
10. She's where I get my creative talent and organization. She loves to do the time-consuming but awesome crafty projects for people; she’s always my painting assistant; and we love to Scrapbook and have spent hours and hours scrapbooking together at our dining table!
11. She doesn’t cook meals very often, but loves to bake tasty cookies or brownies or cakes… (which could help explain my love of sugar and total indifference to cooking.)
3. Took Rach and I and our friends TP-ing several times – we had a blast TP-ing the trees and using silly string and sidewalk chalk in the yards! (We didn’t know at the time that she had also called the boys’ parents and okay’d it w/them first. Lol)
4. My 8th grade year when she homeschooled me (that year only), we had so much fun! =) We always got the school part over with on Monday and Tuesday, and spent the rest of the week hanging out, shopping, and doing fun things for and with Rach’s class! Good times!
5. Calls me every morning with my daily “wake-up call.” Yes, I'm serious. =) We also talk every night before bed and get all caught up on what happened in each others’ days!
6. She quit working when I was in first grade so that she could be a stay-at-home mom, which she loved and found great purpose in (side note: it really angers me when people belittle women who choose that path)!
7. She has good fashion sense, and really enjoys shopping for me… yay!! I’ve come home several times to find a bunch of new fun clothes laying on my bed! :)
8. Whenever she comes to stay with me now, she always cleans my house and makes everything look awesomely perfect! She just can’t help it. lol
9. The most generous person I know; always thinking of others and willing to help in any way she can! If it’s important to me or Rach, it quickly becomes very important to her… like taking food to Billy and Nikki, for example!
10. She's where I get my creative talent and organization. She loves to do the time-consuming but awesome crafty projects for people; she’s always my painting assistant; and we love to Scrapbook and have spent hours and hours scrapbooking together at our dining table!
11. She doesn’t cook meals very often, but loves to bake tasty cookies or brownies or cakes… (which could help explain my love of sugar and total indifference to cooking.)
12. She leaves me little Post-it notes in random spots that brighten my day, and every card she gives has a nice, long, heartfelt note in it!
13. She believes it’s not worth doing something if it’s not worth doing RIGHT, which has rubbed off on me… she does everything (making the bed, cleaning house, Scrapbooking, painting, etc.) with excellence and attention to detail!
14. She obviously cared about our education and always helped us with homework and studying; but she was cool enough to give us random days off once in a while – random days when nothing major was happening at school and we'd take the day off to rest or go shopping and eat lunch at a fun restaurant! :)
15. Encouraging and supportive; she builds me up and really makes me feel like I can handle whatever challenges I’m facing.
16. I can talk to her about anything and everything I’m going through… we’ve always been really close and had a Gilmore Girl-ish relationship in that way. (We are also Gilmore Girl-ish in our ridiculously high sugar tolerance and love of sweets… but unfortunately, we don’t share their super high metabolisms. lol)
17. Always wants what’s best for me, even when it’s hard on her (like me moving to the Tulsa-area for this job or applying for a job out of state)!
18. She’s got the Reba-esque feisty redhead attitude and definitely stands up for herself and doesn’t allow others to use or mistreat her or her family!
19 She grew up on a ranch and is a country girl at heart …couldn't care less about flowers, she loves watching sports and is very into football and basketball (and would’ve been an awesome mother to a son…), but she loves her girly, city-slicker daughters anyway! Lol
20. She throws the best and most creative parties in town! Like our fake glamour shots parties when we were little (really hilarious Polaroid pictures!), our NY Eve parties where we put confetti on the fan blades and turned them on at midnight (so much fun, but awful to clean up afterwards), and our awesome end of school year swim parties! We were always the cool house where everyone loved to hang out, mainly due to her fun-loving and easygoing nature, and her always providing food and having fun ideas for things to do! =)
21. She shares my love of all things Christmas! We love the music and decorating our houses and eating frosted brownies (yes, that's part of our decorating tradition) and going to check out North Pole City together! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, seriously!
22. Has confidence and strength that I really admire and desire! I love hearing her stories from her childhood and high school days! She didn't get married until she was 26, and during her single days, she loved to go out dancing, but chose to stay away from drinking, even though most of her friends did.
23. Helped me so much in learning court reporting… practiced with me every day (by reading to me at certain speeds so that I didn’t have to listen to the ridiculously boring tapes). Also, it’s extremely helpful being able to call her when I have little questions on transcripts or need an assistant proofreader. :)
24. She woke me up one night a while back to tell me it was snowing (because I have always adored winter) and we both stood by the piano room window watching the first snow fall of the year, all illuminated by the streetlight, and I remember thinking of that snowy night moment in Stepmom that the daughter says she’ll “remember always always.”
25. Loves God, was a Godly role model for me growing up, and last but certainly not least, she's the person who led me to Christ when I was 7 years old!! ❤
YAY, best Mom ever!! ;-)
13. She believes it’s not worth doing something if it’s not worth doing RIGHT, which has rubbed off on me… she does everything (making the bed, cleaning house, Scrapbooking, painting, etc.) with excellence and attention to detail!
14. She obviously cared about our education and always helped us with homework and studying; but she was cool enough to give us random days off once in a while – random days when nothing major was happening at school and we'd take the day off to rest or go shopping and eat lunch at a fun restaurant! :)
15. Encouraging and supportive; she builds me up and really makes me feel like I can handle whatever challenges I’m facing.
17. Always wants what’s best for me, even when it’s hard on her (like me moving to the Tulsa-area for this job or applying for a job out of state)!
18. She’s got the Reba-esque feisty redhead attitude and definitely stands up for herself and doesn’t allow others to use or mistreat her or her family!
19 She grew up on a ranch and is a country girl at heart …couldn't care less about flowers, she loves watching sports and is very into football and basketball (and would’ve been an awesome mother to a son…), but she loves her girly, city-slicker daughters anyway! Lol
20. She throws the best and most creative parties in town! Like our fake glamour shots parties when we were little (really hilarious Polaroid pictures!), our NY Eve parties where we put confetti on the fan blades and turned them on at midnight (so much fun, but awful to clean up afterwards), and our awesome end of school year swim parties! We were always the cool house where everyone loved to hang out, mainly due to her fun-loving and easygoing nature, and her always providing food and having fun ideas for things to do! =)
21. She shares my love of all things Christmas! We love the music and decorating our houses and eating frosted brownies (yes, that's part of our decorating tradition) and going to check out North Pole City together! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, seriously!
22. Has confidence and strength that I really admire and desire! I love hearing her stories from her childhood and high school days! She didn't get married until she was 26, and during her single days, she loved to go out dancing, but chose to stay away from drinking, even though most of her friends did.
23. Helped me so much in learning court reporting… practiced with me every day (by reading to me at certain speeds so that I didn’t have to listen to the ridiculously boring tapes). Also, it’s extremely helpful being able to call her when I have little questions on transcripts or need an assistant proofreader. :)
24. She woke me up one night a while back to tell me it was snowing (because I have always adored winter) and we both stood by the piano room window watching the first snow fall of the year, all illuminated by the streetlight, and I remember thinking of that snowy night moment in Stepmom that the daughter says she’ll “remember always always.”
25. Loves God, was a Godly role model for me growing up, and last but certainly not least, she's the person who led me to Christ when I was 7 years old!! ❤
Your sweet mother is PRECIOUS. Love this post honoring her!
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