MOM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 This is more than a little late to be a Mother's Day post, but I know that my mom will understand. She's my mom, after all.. She knows how much I procrastinate.
This year, the card I gave my mother said something along the lines of, "911?! I'd like to report a theft... Yes.. Identity theft! I've become my mother!!"
I want all of you to know that if I could turn into my mother, it would be a wonderful thing. She is kind, passionate, intelligent, and funny. She always made sure I was doing my best, even if I didn't feel like it. She encouraged me to pursue all of my interests, no matter how far-fetched or impossible they seemed. (For a while, I really thought I was going to move to the jungle and work with orangutans. No... Really.) She is, hands down, the most resilient person I will ever know. She works harder for what she has than anyone, and she is always honest. She can still shoot me a look from across a room that says, "Watch it.. You're getting on my nerves." She welcomed Brian into her life as if he was her own son from the very beginning. She makes the best fruit pizza every summer, she uses too many exclamation points in her e-mails, and she has the most vibrant green eyes I've ever seen. (I'm insanely jealous of them.) She loves me even when I mess up, even when I get mad at her, even when I drag her to see awful movies, and even when I make poor fashion choices. She does so much for me on a daily basis that I can't possibly talk about it all right here.
She is beautiful.
Mom, I love you. I hope that you know that. I hope that everyone knows that. I hope that you know that you have made me into the person I am today. And I hope that someday, I get to say, "I have turned into my mother. Thank goodness." Mom, thank you for being a great role model, a great friend, and the best mother a kid could have asked for.
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