To my bestfriend....

 

Happy birthday mommy!

So a little bit about my mom…she is seriously my best friend. This may seem weird to some people, but I share such a close and special bond with her. She is my guidance counselor, inspiration, and role model. She is the one person who has never given up on me. I definitely call her my biggest fan. She never left my side through the good times and the bad.  We do not have the typical mother daughter relationship. Growing up I was always a mama’s girl and it is safe to say… I still am. I look like her, act like her, sound like her, laugh like her, think like her.

 

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“People always say, I have a laugh like my mother does.
Guess that makes sense, She taught me how to smile when things get rough

I've got her spirit, She's always got my back
When I look at her I think, I want to be just like that

When I love I give it all I've got, like my mother does
When I'm scared, I bow my head and pray Like my mother does”

 

These are a few of the lyrics to the song above. This song pretty much sums up my relationship with my mom. She taught me how to laugh when things do get tough. I have experienced firsthand that life is going to throw you curve balls when you least expect it. I know everyone has heard the saying “God’s not going to give you anything you can’t handle.” FALSE. He’s going to present challenges to you that are going to knock you off your feet. Tough times are the perfect opportunity to show your faith and love in Jesus because you will get through those difficult times WITH HIM as your guidance. God will bless you with the people you need in your life to get through these difficult times, and for me, that has been my mom. Throughout life, my mom and I have had to experience some very difficult times but through the power of prayer and strength we give to each other, we’ve made it.

 

 

Growing up and being the youngest child, I was the last to leave home. It was just me and my mom. When I think back on those last couple of years of high school and being the only child living at home, I think about the hours me and mom spent together. Majority of the time we would find ourselves sitting on the kitchen counter talking. We talked about everything. Nothing was off limits.

I was and still am to this day such a “home-body.” I probably will never move too far away from her. Family means the world to me and I cherish every moment I get to spend with them. When I come home for the weekends from school, all I want to do is spend time with my family and catch up with my mom. We still talk on the phone every day while I’m off at school. This may be abnormal to some, but it is just how we are. Anything exciting that happens during my day, she is one of the first people I want to call and tell! 

 

Throughout wedding planning so far, my mom has been an absolute blessing! She made sure we had majority of the planning done this summer so I did not have to plan a lot during my final year of nursing school. Without her help, I would probably have nothing done so far! Shopping for my wedding dress with her was so memorable. I knew I could tell which dress was the one by the look in her eyes. One way I can tell I am her child is that we have both had wedding dress nightmares already. I dreamed Brennan was playing “dress up” in my dress with her friends and my mom had a nightmare that Brennan’s pet gerbil chewed a hole through the bag and ate my dress...I mean come on, who has dreams like this?

To wrap this up, I just want to say that everything I do comes from my mom. The way she taught me to view life…to know that when things are going wrong, God has a plan…a better plan than I could ever imagine. She taught me how to be independent. How to know that nothing can stop me from achieving my dreams. She taught me how to love. When I love, I give it my all…just like you have done for me.

Having a mother like you has been such a blessing. Thank you for being YOU.

Hope you have a wonderful birthday!