Last weekend was the first time I ever went shopping for an outfit to wear for the upcoming Hearts at Home conference without having one of my daughters weigh in on the decision. Two weeks ago we moved Erica down to Augusta, Georgia, to be near Kendall at Ft. Gordon. My oldest daughter Anne lives three hours north and now Erica lives 13 hours south.
I miss my girls.
Don’t get me wrong…I love my boys. And Evan, my fashion conscious 22-year-old son, gave his thumbs up to my conference attire. But there’s a special relationship between mother and daughter that is unique.
Moms need to be moms when their girls are little, but they get to be girlfriends when their girls grow up.
They enjoy chick flicks together.
They paint their toes together.
They shop together, bake together, and talk late into the night together.
If you don’t have a daughter, you’ll likely have a daughter-in-law someday that you can enjoy a special relationship with. If you do have a daughter, be her mom for now. But look forward to when you can be her girlfriend in the future.
jill- this brought tears to my eyes! my mom is one of my good friends- we live 3 hours apart too. i'm reading "mother-daughter duet" right now. give me a good perspective of what moms of adult daughters are going through, while expressing the daughters point of view as well. it's very interesting. my daughter is almost 9 🙂
Mom, I'm crying at my desk. Wasn't expecting that post this morning. 🙂 Pregnancy hormones on overload! I'm excited to hang out with you this weekend! Love ya!
Love being a mom to my four year old daughter now. I am excited to call her a friend someday! And, I need to go shopping for something to wear to the conference too!
I think this is the reason I really struggle with my relationship with my mom. I live 8 hours south of her and have for ten years. I have tried flying her down to spend mother/daughter time yet she doesn't come. I hope to have a great relationship with my future daughter in law (son is only 5) and maybe God will bless us with a little girl!! Thanks for sharing!!
If only I had more than a 20 minute shopping capacity… and was into all those other things you listed, Mom 🙂
Beautiful Photo Jill!
Jill, you are so beautiful!!!It can be a special realationship between mom and dauther. I am longing so to having a dauther by my two little boys 🙂 Yesterday was born a little girl in our realtionship, and now your post…..My pregnancy hormones on overload as well like Anne.
Best wishes Nikoletta from Hungary
Ps: how can I change my status "Anonymus" for my name?
I have two boys and am pregnant. I'm really hoping its a girl this time!! 😉
Oh, this was such a wonderful, touching post Jill. How I love my three boys–but I am so thankful that God decided to bless us with Lola last month. She is already wonderful, but I couldn't agree with you more on being Mom for now, and friend later. It's so, so important. Thank you for this today!