Happy Mother’s Day!

I always joked that if you had to flip through a catalog of mothers and choose one, you’d pick mine. Really. My mom is everything you could ask for in a mother and more. Raising four kids, she took her role as wife and mother seriously – always giving, never taking. A combination of June Cleaver and Martha Stewart, minus the pearls. I can’t remember a single time that she let me down or wasn’t there for me when I needed her. Now that she’s a grandma, she’s as good as they get. Still nurturing, still loving, still there for not just me, but my husband and girls. Not a day goes by when she doesn’t ask me if there is something she can do to help me, whether it be at work or at home.

Today we had a day full of soccer games. She didn’t get brunch and she didn’t get flowers. She put a smile on her face and went with me to the game, taking the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em attitude. We stopped off at Whole Foods and picked up some treats for an easy dinner and visited a bit more. Right before she left, we snapped a few shots of us together. Somehow I know those pictures and memories of many, many days like today are what our little family is all about. Not a single card exchanged hands in this family today, but I don’t need a sappy card with someone else’s words to say how much love there is here.

Thanks, Mom, for all you have done. For all you do. I love you more than I can ever say.