Is there a better time of year than this to tell your mother how much she means to you, to thank her and to let her know that she is and always will be the most wonderful and important woman in your life. While you’re at it, don’t forget to tell her how the lessons she has taught you have had a huge impact on who you are as a person. Tell her how there are so many days that you reflect back on being a child or a kid or a teenager, and remembering how she handled certain situations, and that you use those memories for parenting your own children. Make sure to thank her for all of support she gives you day in and day out.
I am the woman that feels the need to tell my mother everything. It wasn’t always this way of course. Back in the day, I thought I could hide things from her but as the saying goes… ‘Mother Always Knows’. I couldn’t get away with a single thing in my house. From sneaking out on a school night and going to Malibu Night Club so I could drink underage and grind with older guys on the dance floor, my mother always seemed to find a way to bust me. She dragged me out of there by my Banana clip that night and took away my fake ID. She also told the doorman on the way out that I was 16, which pretty much ruined my shot of returning in the near future. Probably for the best. I can still hear Tainted Love playing in the background on my way out.
My house always seemed to be the one people hung out at all the time (quite possibly due to the Central Air Conditioning and the comfort of 69 degrees on a hot summer day). I remember the time when I was a Sr. in High School and a few of my girl friends and I were sitting around my kitchen table with my mom and we got onto the subject of sex. She asked me if I was having sex with a guy friend of mine that I spent a lot of time with and I remember being shocked at the abruptness in which she just came out with it. That was the first time I realized that she wasn’t asking to judge me or to lecture me, but more so because she just wanted to know and be involved in every aspect of my life.
Since then, she has always been the person I turn to first when I need a shoulder or advice or just to hear the soothing tone of her voice to put me at ease. She is the person I call when I am looking for an honest answer…. there is no bullshit with her. She tells it like it is. (hmmm, no wonder where I get it from). She is my rock, my strength and my sounding board. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about her or speak to her, even just to tell her some silly little thing about my day. She is the most beautiful person in the world, both inside and out and I couldn’t possibly love her more than I do.
So while my Hallmark card is in the mail, I realized that my mother deserves more than just a card to tell wish her a Happy Mother’s Day. This post is for you mom. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being my number one fan, for your unconditional and everlasting love and support of everything I do. I’m the luckiest person in the world to have an amazing mother like you. Happy Mother’s Day Momma.
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