Catching up on a Journaling prompt

At SBO (click on this link) Nikki is our resident writer, illustrator, and encourager of using the written language on scrapbook pages. Seems like its obvious you should write on a scrapbook page, but it just doesn't happen without some appropriate whip cracking in my case.
So Nikki comes to us with a Sunday journaling question. On Mothers day it was a request to write about these 7 things:

One: Write about your mother's greatest influence on you.
My mom taught me to persevere. She taught me a lot of things besides this and I love her. But when I have bad days, I remember her voice telling me "tomorrow will be better." I remember her getting through some rough marriage moments, and talking about them later. It was good advice for my own marriage. She has shown me that making my life work takes work, and she taught me to rely on my faith for guidance and the truth when things are not easy.

Two: Who was like a mother to you?
I guess there was no alternate mother figure. I never needed one I suppose. At one point we both would have agreed (if asked) that my mother role was a tough one to handle and other women should be glad they weren't in it.

Three: What kind of mother do you want to be?
geez, this is what keeps me up at night! Better than the one I am, more wise, more energetic, more fun... But you know what - mom just recently asked me if I remember her yelling at us kids when we were doing something. And I really have No recollection of it. I can remember a couple of times being yelled at, but the rest is just regular family stuff and things we did together. Long Term Memory Loss. Boy I hope my kids have as poor a memory as I do.

Four: List ten traits of a wonderful mother.
forgiving, tender, imaginative, rested (had to add that one for me), available, playful, consistent, prayerful, patient, and strong of heart.

Five: Write about the best mother's day ever.
Its on MaryFrances Fabbri's blog for May 14th. It was hers not mine, but someday I want a Mothers day just like that one!

Six: Sometimes we don't like our mothers very much. Write about such a time... then let it go.
yeh, I'm sure I had those moments, but refer to LTML in #3

Seven: What are you going to do for your mother this year?
its past and I fell short of doing something special this year. I did make cards for both grandmas and both moms. It feels like I missed the mark. But being a mother is also about grace and I hope she understands and remembers those years of raising little kids.

Love you mom!