Today marks the day of birth of a pretty important person in my life, as I definitely wouldn't be here without her, my mama.
Happy birthday Mom!
As I've said before, I'm not one to express my "mushy gushy" feelings about people but my mom deserves it. This lady is a perfect example of every area of life to my sister and I, whether its the value of hard work, the importance of keeping a clean house (which after being in certain people's houses, I am SO thankful for this), or teaching me to do the right thing, but there is one area of "life" that she has always been a constant reminder and perfect example of and that is unconditional love.
No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star.
- Edwin Hubbell ChapinNo matter how mad she was at me (and it was probably my fault) she still loved me. No matter what I said or did, she was always there and she always will be. No matter how sick and gross I was, she was still there to take care of me. She encourages me to be what she knows I can be and believes in me even at my worst. She has sacrificed countless times just so something would be better for me or my sister. What a great example of what a woman should be. I know if she had to, she would move the world for my sister, Dad, and I.
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the cloud of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
- Irving Washington
Thank you, Mama, for never giving up and being the one I can always count on.
So here's to the woman who gave me life.
Happy birthday and I love you.
