For Our Mamas...

To My Mom: Growing up, I always felt sorry for my friends because their mamas weren't as sweet as mine (seriously!). I can't remember a time when I needed a hug or a smile from you and didn't receive it. Thank you for giving me such wonderful memories of my childhood and for being such a good friend to me now. I love talking with you, laughing with you, shopping with you...just being with you! You are my perfect mother and I am so thankful to God for you.

To My Mother-in-Law: I've told you this several times, but I'm not exaggerating when I say you are the best Mother-in-Law I could have hoped for. You have been accepting of me from the moment I met you. You have always been warm and loving toward me. We have fun together and you are so considerate of me. And you raised a sweet, loving son for me to marry!

Happy Mother's Day!

"...Take another look at me, oh breaker of my heart.

Take a look and you will you see, how beautiful you are.

Even when I walk away, I could not go very far

Before the child in me would say

Home is where you are.

In the tapestry of time, I could not imagine where

I could find someone as kind, on the ground or in the air.

I have heard that angels fly, and they never show their face.

So I suppose that from the sky

One landed in your place.

Did you know right from the start, when you first held me in your arms

That you would always hold my heart

Where you are.

You make the mornings seem so light, with coffee in the air

But to be a mother and a wife is a heavy load to bear.

And so you gave your life away, like the God inside your heart.

And even though we've gone away, home is where you are.

It's where you are."