Today is Mother's Day, the one day a year we get to offer thanks to some of the most under appreciated workers on the planet. If you haven't yet, call your mom and tell her you love her!
I was reading Post Secret today, and some of the cards made me laugh, more made me want to cry. All of them made me remember how lucky I am, and I realized that I owe my mom (and a few other moms) a big
thank you!
Favorite Memories and Things I Want To Thank My Mom For:
- Shopping until we wanted to drop, and then going to "one more store
- For sending me to Europe instead of sending herself
- For teaching me that while they may not truly be a girl's best friend, diamonds sure are fun to look at
- For teaching me the value of experience -travel, the arts, great food, the beauty of where we live, and more
- Sharing meals at our favorite restaurants
- For standing behind, supporting, and cheering me on for every single want, need, or passion I've taken on over the years, there have been some crazy ones!
- A shared love for Coach bags, warm beaches, pedicures, a good book, and great food
- Endless chauffeuring -lessons, ski trips, drop-offs at the mall, friends houses, and many more
- Care packages in college
- St. Thomas, Maui, Mexico, Europe, the Bahamas, and all of the places in between
- Getting all dolled up and going out to a swanky dinner and the theatre
- Laughing at me instead of strangling me when I thought I was too cool for everything (I know there were some moments where strangling me would've been MUCH easier)
- A willingness to drive four hours to stay with me when Adam was out of town and I was too chicken to stay home alone
- My mom, scraping, scrubbing, and painting our "project house" -just so I wouldn't have to
live somewhere so icky for so long - Her willingness to drive three hours just to hang out with me now
- Her, chasing my crazy little brother around the house with a spatula, because he broke the wooden spoon
- Painting my living room when I couldn't
- Helping me choose the perfect wedding dress
- Driving to Vail for my surgery, and not making too much fun of me while I was still medicated, and then staying with us to help take care of the house so Adam didn't have to
- Birthday parties -from pool parties when I was little, to the dreaded pre-teen slumber parties
- Getting snowed in up in the mountains with $1.45 between us for Taco Bell
- The nights we stayed up late talking in St. Thomas, laughing until we cried
- For being the best Mother of the Bride ever
- For letting me "figure it out for myself" -bad friends and even worse boyfriends, college, big bangs, bad clothes, and everything in between
- For ALWAYS being there, even if it wasn't so convenient -school events, bad days, breakups, and everything in between
- For giving Dustin and me one more chance, even when we probably didn't deserve it
- Have I mentioned the passion for travel experiences?
- For being not only a friend to me, but also to all of my friends
- For doing a such a good job that I want to be a mom too
- I could go on and on, but mostly, thank you for being YOU! I love you Mom!
Share your favorite mom memories with us, and then send your mom the link to read all the reasons you are grateful to have her around!
