One week. The bell will toll and those precious children of mine will shelve their backpacks and scatter their shoes around the floor and make a bee-line for the pool. To be honest, it fills me with a lot of excitement. To be honest? Perhaps a little fear. I know it won’t take long until I hear the joyous words bellow through our halls…. “Mom, I’m bored.” 

I guess should introduce myself. I’m Sarah. I have five kids – one of which Is waiting on me in heaven but that’s a story for another day. My oldest is 14 and the others stair-step down to 6. I love being a Mom. It’s simply the most wonderful and most challenging thing I’ve ever done. I’m actually a photographer but in order to give my kids some privacy I’m going to use the best AI rendering I can muster. Let me just say, they nailed the wrinkles and my hair.

The other important thing you need to know is that recently I lost my own Mom to brain cancer. That is part of the fuel that has inspired this blog. I recognize more and more how short the days are and how quickly this season will slip away. I thought it was fitting to launch this blog today (on Mother’s Day) as a tribute to my Mom. She truly was a WOW MOM! 

She was far from perfect but left me with wonderful memories and a bedrock faith that echoes through my life still today. She made our home a warm and welcome place – so much so that our big ole family still loves to gather there today. 

So as I countdown to summer I have a goal. I want to be a Wow Mom. Maybe I should define that. I’m not looking for instagram influencer/pinterest perfection but I want to make a concerted effort to mother my kids well. I want to be intentional as I know how quickly the leaves will change and so will they. From diapers to graduation, the days are flying. My hope is this little online place will bring a smile to a Mom across the screen somewhere who too is hoping to leave a lasting mark on her family. 

So what do you think? Wanna be a wanna-be WOW MOM with me??? Let’s go!!