In the
spirit of a child's poem for Mother's Day, I offer you this:
Roses are
red
Violets
are blue
I have a
way better
Mother
than you!
So there.
:p
I can't
credit my mom - or anyone, really - with any life changing moments or deep
conversations that define the way I live my life. What I can do, however, is
look back and see a lifetime's worth of love, security, advice and support. I
remember my mom always being there for me. Always. And still. She is my best
friend. A woman I adore, who happens to
be my mom. I am very lucky.
I don't
rely on sage words of advice or nuggets of wisdom she passed along to me. I
don't need to. It was all there in the day-to-day way she raised me and in the
way she lived her life. She modeled the behavior that I would one day aspire to
demonstrate, both as a mother and a woman.
With my
mom in my corner, I can do anything, try anything. If I fall, I never fall
alone. And when I succeed, she's my biggest cheerleader. Sometimes she's quiet
about it. Sometimes she's loud about it. But she's always there, even when I
don't know it. To me, that's much better than a kitschy line of advice. That's
a lifetime of unwavering support and love.
There are
tons of nuggets of advice - don't lie, listen to your heart, go for it, there's
always time to break up - and I live by all of them. But the best thing my mom
ever told me was that she loves me.
And I
hope that's what my kids learn from me too. That I love them, no matter what.
Always and forever. That even when they don't see me, I'm still there.
