A great mom

Last week my husband brought the nienie dialogues http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com, a Mesa mom's blog, to my attention after he had heard about the terrible accident she and her husband had in August. They were involved in a small plane crash that left Stephanie fighting for her life and her husband badly injured. They have four small children and just seem like such a great family.

In stolen moments (my infant makes it hard for me to concentrate on much of anything but him) I cruised through her blog. I was struck by what an awesome person she is. Really, she seems like such a fun mom. Motherhood can be challenging, as I am learning, but she really focuses on the positive aspects of being a mom. And she just seems like so much fun too.

I love that she had a back-to-school party for her two daughters. They made cute little crowns full of glitter and pretty cutouts to wear on their strut down the living room catwalk while showing off their new school clothes. Then she finished it off with a fantastic dinner complete with a chocolate cake, yum!

I have been following her blog since then. Her sister has been re posting old blogs and today I clicked on one originally posted in March. Stephanie, one of her sisters, and their children made up happy fortunes for the people of downtown Mesa. Fortunes like: "Someone loves you" or "You are beautiful" etc.

These lovely fortunes were hand-written on strips of paper with little pictures by the children and had a little sticker that says "read me." They hid these fortunes all over the downtown area with the hopes that people would find them and it would make them smile. How great! I am so impressed with that! Not only are they making other people happy, completely selflessly, but think about the great lessons she is teaching her children. I hope that I can be a fun, creative mom like her.

My thoughts are with the Nielson family. I hope that Stephanie and Christian can get home to their beautiful children soon.