A first-ever Mother-Daughter Brunch hosted by the middle school faculty and staff at Tallulah Falls School celebrated the elemental love between a parent and a child.
On Feb. 11, the 100-plus group enjoyed fellowship, an assortment of brunch treats and prize drawings before hearing an inspirational message from local entrepreneur Britney Vickery, CEO and Founder of Initials, Inc.
Vickery attended with her mother and daughter.
Making an immediate connection with those assembled, she acknowledged the often challenging middle school years. Vickery said it was important to remember God prepares His people for life at this moment.
“Right now is where you stand,” Vickery said, emphasizing there are choices in how to move forward no matter what past stories might be.
“We are not promised this life is going to be easy, right? We are just not. It comes with lumps and bumps and warts and hurtful things, and that’s life. And I believe we are able to experience those things so that we have a choice to make: do we get better or do we get bitter? Our past can make us bitter, or it can make us better.”
She said to champion love, speaking especially to the mothers in the group.
“We are their champions, even when they make mistakes, the highest of highs and lowest of lows.”
She said grace should always be a part of the equation, even if mothers don’t always know what to do.
“That’s the grace part that we need to give ourselves with love. Right? We’ve got to give ourselves grace that how we are parenting our girls is sometimes going to feel awesome. And sometimes we are going to feel clueless, and sometimes we are going to feel like a champion and sometimes we are going to feel like a big, fat loser, and that’s just how it happens.”
She encouraged the mother-daughter pairs to be present for each other and be prepared to meet in the middle.
A final challenge was to ask each other how they could show love to the other with the following question: “Give me one way that I can show you that I love you.”
Madden said the faculty and staff embraced the chance to plan and stage the event.
“It was such a pleasure to see the response to this event, said Middle School Director Carol Madden. “We loved putting it together as a way to celebrate on the cusp of Valentine’s Day – a day when we honor those we care about.”
She expressed appreciation for the community’s generosity for donating door prizes and to Flik Independent School Dining for preparing and serving the brunch spread.
