I am super duper excited that today’s topic falls on July 7th.
There are a million things that make me smile, but today’s post is going to be
entirely dedicated to the one person who made it possible for me to smile at
all. The reason that I am here today, the birthday gal, my momma!!
My mom is awesome, I’m not gonna lie. Since we were kids, she
always taught us to be ourselves, and if other people don’t like it than screw ‘em!
Now that I am an adult, I can say that this was some of the best advice I have
ever received! In honor of the birthday girl, today I am going to list some things
about her that make me smile (I’m dedicating the post to my mom AND sticking
with the topic at hand…awesome blogger skills right here..)..Enjoy!
When she laughs really hard she cackles. A normal
conversation suddenly turns into fits of laughter when the cackle comes out—it can
seriously bring you to tears! Some things that do it every time? The picture of
my afro from the other day. A certain picture of my brother in law
asleep on the chair. The “old lady picture” from the night of the roommate pictures.
The older I get, the more I look like her. Since I was a
little girl, I have always heard how much I look JUST like my mother! As the
years pass, I am starting to see it more and more. Both of my sisters favor the
Italian, olive skin of my dad, neither of them resembling her in the slightest!
She has always been open and honest with us. Never did we
have to worry about the “awkward sex talk” or the “1st period”
conversation—we knew about all that stuff years before it happened. Even to
this day, I am able to talk to my mom about anything and everything (and I mean
everything) and she will not only listen but offer her opinion and some advice.
She is a worry wart and I get my OCD freak nature from her.
To some people this may seem like a bad thing, but I think it is essential!
Take for example the night the hubby and I started dating. He picked me up at my
house, left his phone charging on the windowsill and off to the beach we went.
A few hours later my momma stopped by, saw the random phone charging in the
windowsill, my car in the driveway and the dark house. Let’s just say I had 20+
missed calls on my phone in a matter of 5 minutes. Overprotective? Nope! Just concerned
and worried and exactly how a mother should be!
She is the reason I
am here today! Without her, I wouldn’t even be here today! If that doesn’t warrant
a smile than I don’t know what else will!!
Happy birthday momma!!!! I love you to the moon and back!!!!!
Tune in tomorrow for some things I do when I'm alone.....and get your mind out of the gutter.....
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