Honoring Moms on Mother's Day

As we continue doing our important work for the Cherokee Nation, I want to take a moment and reflect on the important people in my personal life - Sherry Baker, First Lady of the Cherokee Nation, Dr. Isabel Baker, my beloved mother, and my daughters, Lacee, Angie and Brooke.  

Mother’s Day is Sunday and I consider myself blessed to have these inspiring role models for modern women by my side.

As the mother of our children and grandmother of our 10 grandchildren, Sherry has always put family first. I admire her strength and nurturing spirit. She made a commitment to Cherokee people by spearheading our effort to protect women and children through the One Fire Task Force.  She also balances managing a successful small business and doing the things grandmothers do – making healthy meals and helping with homework.

My mother set an incredible example for me. She taught me invaluable lessons of fairness and honesty and she instilled a sense that any goal was achievable through hard work.

I also want to acknowledge what wonderful mothers my children have become before my own eyes. My daughters make me so proud because they have grown up to be such strong women and role models for their own children.

To all of them I say Happy Mother’s Day and I encourage each of you to take the time and recognize your own mother or role model in your life that should be acknowledged with love and respect. As a friend told me recently, ‘A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.’ I believe that.

God bless all our Mothers.

Wado.