Trading Places (#nousher)

I was talking with ILYT earlier today and we were having one of our usual BFF talks about everything from sequins in the fall to prayer requests. (Sidenote: it's awesome to have a friendship that is multi-dimensional....if you don't have these either you are one dimensional or you need more people). Anyway we started talking about being there for our moms and that basically inspired this post.

It's funny how life works. Many of us (those that read this blog-not the us that goes out and kills puppies) had a fair enough upbringing. We had loving parents that we eventually decided were insane then we grew up a little more and realized they were just shaping and preparing us...that's called parenting. ILYT and I were both raised mostly in single-parent homes. Our mothers really poured a lot into us and taught us right from wrong. I think both of them also did a lot of guidance while allowing us to live and experience on our own. Neither of us were sheltered by any means, but we also knew boundaries and which lines we absolutely were not to cross. Aside from that we were loved and nurtured beyond belief. I think I can safely say for the both of us that there isn't really anything that we couldn't take to our mothers. We can turn to them when we can't turn anywhere else.

Sometimes in life the tables turn a little though. There may come a point when your mom needs you. What do you do? Well if you weren't raised by an awesome mom-you might run. If you were, however, then you realize that you are prepared for this. Those same things that were poured into you now need to come out of you so that you can be there for the person that has always been there for you (see what God did there?). As I was talking to ILYT, I just realized how cool it is that we even get the opportunity to be there for this person who's done so much for us! Aside from the instant benefit it gives in helping them through something- how much more of a reward is it that we can step up because of what they've shown us?