Mother's Day is this Sunday. The day created by the florist and card industries to increase sales and as a student of marketing, I say good job to them for doing this however, it's a little sad that we had to create a day to show Mother's our appreciation for them. I never realized how hard it is to be a Mother until I became one. First of all, there is NOTHING like the unconditional love you feel for your children. A mother polar bear will give up her own life to protect her cubs from a starving a male. I truly believe that I would give up my life for my son. Being a good mother is one of the most selfless things that I have ever done.
Now that I am a mother, I look at my Mom and I marvel at how strong she is, how much she sacrificed for us and the incredible amount of work she did to take care of us. I look at her Mom and all of the Mom's that surrounded us in our Grandma Tina, Grandma Geiser and all of our aunts. We were raised as a herd of children, together all of the time, sometimes different rules and sometimes different lifestyles--always together. They were good Mom's. They weren't perfect all the time--we aren't perfect all of the time but it's true that they would do anything for us.
This will not be a long blog as most of us love our Moms. Some of you know my Mom Marie and some of you do not. We have so many funny stories about her, she is feisty, fun, beautiful, smart and SO talented at many things. She is a great cook. She is independent. She is loyal. She has been some very difficult moments in her life and I'm sure that her heart has been broken a million times but she is strong. She is a wonderful grandmother. Blake went to La Veta with her for a week and they loved watching the hummingbirds behind Aunt Donna's house so Blake started calling her Honey-bird. He loved sitting in the back yard with her--just hanging out. She is a great grandmother.
Mom taught me to be independent. She taught me to stand up for myself. She taught me to be strong. She brought me into the world. She is my world. I love you Mir--your the best!
