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Sorry! Proud Mom Moment.

March 11, 2016 By Gail 5 Comments

So. I’ve never been the mom who had umpteen photos of her kids in her wallet.   I withstood the withering glances of women who asked to see pictures of my kids as I said, “I don’t have any.” Somewhere there is small print that I didn’t read in the mommy contract: Have current photos of your awesome kids at all times.

Sasha Holding Her AwardOkay. I sucked as a bonafide, photo-carrying, mom. It had nothing, NOTHING, to do with my love for my kids, and everything to do with my quiet way of living. I’m a private kind of woman, and my children’s accomplishments come out in a trickle at best.

Last week, as I sat in a dental seminar—don’t ask—I received a text from my 31-year old daughter. She had just received Pella Window’s innovator of the year award. She was on a team that made major technological advances in the trending smart home arena. I—almost—cried on the spot.

Not because my daughter is an incredibly smart woman. Not because she put in the hard work that brought the award to fruition. I was deeply touched because of this– she set a goal on the day she walked into Pella Window’s corporate headquarters as a college student. She noticed that they had an award for innovator of the year and quietly, in-her-head, said, “I will win that.” See the connection? We are quiet people.

When she won the award I silently screamed. I jumped up and down…in my mind. I wiped my dry eyes that were weeping with joy because she had realized a dream. My womb felt joy that my baby, my 31-year old daughter, has succeeded in an area that is still mainly populated by men. Engineering.

Glass ceilings? They sadly still exist. But on this day she didn’t crack the glass, she shattered it. My daughter’s award? The best part of my day.


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  1. Laura Carlson says

    March 12, 2016 at 3:21 am

    What a proud Mama you must be! A gorgeous, accomplished hound woman.. She is very beautiful, like her Mother! Wow! Well done, and isn’t the world blessed by her radiance!

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    • Laura Carlson says

      March 12, 2016 at 3:23 am

      Well, the word hound certainly wasn’t what I wrote!!!sorry for the typo !

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      • Avatar photoGail says

        March 16, 2016 at 8:17 pm

        Thanks for the laugh! Oh, I have so been there.

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    • Avatar photoGail says

      March 16, 2016 at 8:16 pm

      Pride isn’t a good Lutheran thing…at least, that is what my grandmother used to drill into me. But that wouldn’t be the first bit of teaching I let drop by the wayside. 🙂 Yes, I’m extremely proud of her. She is so far beyond me in all areas of life that I just sort of gasp in wonderment. I know you know what it is like to see your daughter and whisper, “Thank you, God.”

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  2. Shelley Koren says

    March 12, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    Intelligent, hard working, amazing woman. Congrats Sasha Koren!

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