A Special Thanks To My Mom

As I told you before, my mother's dear friend past away from breast cancer the other day. Since then I've been thinking a lot about her 16 year old daughter and all the things she is going to miss about her mother, especially the things that she did not yet get to experience with her. Which has made me think of all the things that I love about my mother. All the things she has done for me and still does for me. I don't know what I would do without her. So this post is dedicated to my mom.

Thanks for everything mom.

Mom, thanks for the long talks, the helpful hand, the warm hugs, the advice, the care, the love and for all the things you've taught me over the years. Thanks for being there for me when I needed you, even the times when I really didn't think that I did. Thanks for being a friend AND a mother. Thanks for being at every single dance recital, school play, Concert Choir concert, parent-teacher conference, soccer game and doctor's appointment. Thanks for being with me through labor and the hard times that my pregnancies gave me. And for all your prayers that got me through those times. Thank you for my great grandmother's hanky for my wedding day and your blessing. Thank you for loving my family and giving us all you can.

Thanks for being the role model that I will always look up to. Thanks for your beautiful laugh, your warm, caring eyes that you've always looked upon me with and the hands that always made me feel better when I was sick. Thanks for telling me what to do when I didn't know what to do or where to go. Thanks for the thoughtfulness and care in everything you do. Thanks for working so hard to give me a good childhood and to make me realize that not everything is handed to you on a silver platter. Thanks for teaching me about hard work and dedication. Thanks for showing me, by your example, on how to be a good mom. Thanks for always forgiving me when I've messed up and your advice on how to do better the next time. Thanks for always realizing and seeing the best in me and loving me even through the hard times. Thanks for never giving up on me through the times when you were at your breaking point.

There are so many wonderful things that you have given me, taught me and showed me over the years. I don't know where I would be or who I would be without you in my life. I look forward to many more words of advice, long talks and late night phone calls of me crying and you coming to the rescue with some uplifting words of encouragement. I look forward to all the wonderful times that we have ahead of us. The dance recitals, soccer games, baseball tournaments, school plays and concerts that you will share with my children.

You are and always have been a great mother and someone that I have and always will look up to. Thanks for being the best mom, friend, caregiver, counselor, therapist, doctor and grandmother in the whole world. Thanks for the life that you gave me and the complete love and devotion that you always give 100%. You've always been there for me and I know you always will be. I know I don't always say thank you but I want you to know that for everything you've done I am and always will be grateful.

I love you mom!

And to everyone else: I would include a picture of my mom with this post but that would upset her. lol Sorry.