Mother's Day

     First and foremost, happy mother's day to all those who happen to stumble across my blog or continue to read it for the kicks and giggles. Secondly, and most importantly, happy mother's day to my mom whom I will sadly not be able to see yet.

      I am probably the biggest procrastinator you will ever meet, and I am the absolute WORST when it comes to mailing things out on time to absolutely anyone, so I decided this would be my little mother's day gift instead.

      This is my gorgeous, wonderful mother, with my father of course. It's hard to find all the words that would describe my mom. Kind, compassionate, intelligent, resourceful, dependable, amazing. I would use so many more, but they would become repetitive and redundant. My mother is honestly the strongest woman I know, and the only person I can honestly say that I really look up to. I would be lucky and happy to be even half the woman she is today. She brought four unruly children into the world and has been able to watch as each grows up and becomes a (mostly)civil adult, hehe (we were all so cute back then, bahahaha).

      While other little girls were stuck taking dance and piano lessons, I was the lucky one who got to do figure skating, on rollerskates! My mother and father were my absolute biggest supporters with anything from the seven a.m. practices, to the large amount of time it took for my mom to get me ready before a meet. I used to be able to sit on my hair it was so long, and she managed to take that beast into a presentable bun and get it to stay put for hours, not to mention trying to get me to stay still long enough to paint my face all pretty, that took effort. She was also the one who took me to many skating meets. If my father couldn't get enough time away from work, then my mom would drive me to the meet herself which could be states away. granted, I don't remember many when my father wasn't there, but I think there were a couple.

      As I personally continued to group up, I managed to find all sorts of clubs and activities and such to throw my time into, when I wasn't wanting to play my video games, heh. She was always a major supporter of the band and every thing I possibly wanted to do and could possibly do. I honestly couldn't ask for any more. I know when I was younger, I definitely took this for granted, but I appreciate it all more than she will ever know. I see everything she does now and continues to try to do for everyone, and I'm just amazed that any one person can do so much. She makes me so very proud to call her mom. She has done great raising us and taking care of us, and our friends, and now her mom. I only wish I could do more for her. she taught me so many things, including the ability to handle each situation with tact and grace. Well... I may still fail in that department, but it's good for a few laughs (yes, this goat was trying to eat my jacket).

      I miss my family a lot being up here and so far away, but that just means I cherish the time I get to spend with them when I'm there. I'm not one who like to admit my weaknesses, but that last hug before leaving and then walking away unsure of the next time I will get to see her is one of the most heart breaking feelings ever. I don't think there has ever been a time where I didn't cry because of it. I can definitely say I've had my differences with her growing up, but I know I wasn't always right and she wasn't always wrong. I was just blinded by youth and lack of experiences to understand it, and know that everything she ever did was to try and help me, to push me forward. I love my mother to death and hope she is having the best mother's day, and hopefully this counts just as much as a card, because I'm horrible at those, heh.

     I feel like I start to look like her more and more. This picture just hit me with it when I looked at it. Made me smile, hehe.