Mother's day

Ok, I have several things to be grateful for today. Some are mothers day related, some are not.

1) My mom. I mean, I'm grateful for all of my family, but today I'm just talking about my mom. She had it rough for a long time when my dad was working 5 hours away and living there 5 days a week. For 15-20 some years (I don't even know how long lol) she was a single parent 5 days a week. Dad was the fun one, she had to be the "bad guy" a lot of the time, which I am sure wore on her. But she's also the one who sewed costumes and prom dresses. She was the booboo kisser, the one who made us chicken soup (with extra noodles) if we were sick, the one who actually got a little drunk with me on a college wine tour (I'm pretty sure she was the one who suggested buying a bottle of wine to share on the bus? She at least agreed to it!) When I was a teen, we had a nightly ritual where I made her tea after my sisters went to bed. And if I spend the night there on a cold evening, I've still done it. She loves her grand babies like no tomorrow, and they love her to the moon and back.

2) The fact that my daughter can sit at the same dining room table, eating the same entemanns chocolate covered donuts, dunking them into milk in the same small glasses that I did when I was little, with my grandma. And being able to talk to her about things I knew about my great grandmas. Great grandmas are pretty cool.

3) That my dog loves everyone and everything. Seriously. It is so much easier to go to my appointments and on weekend trips when I know he is perfectly happy and safe, and whomever is watching him is also perfectly happy to have him because he is such a good boy. And I'm grateful that I have a few people who love him and will help us out when necessary. But he's still a huge snuggle bug and mama's boy when u get there to pick him up.