Friday, June 20, 2008

Happy Birthday Mom

Today is my mom's birthday. I love and admire these things about her:

  • She chose to be my mom when my biological mother could not
  • She always treated me like I came from her own womb and she knew she would catch flack for doing this sometimes
  • She taught me to be strong
  • She taught me to be independent
  • She has always encouraged my adventurous side
  • When I was about to marry the wrong guy she kept her mouth shut until I figured it out with God on my own
  • She taught me how to work hard
  • She taught me how to make a beautiful home with what you have
  • She taught me how to respect my husband with words as well as a lack of words
  • She gives me her shoes from her 100+ collection when she's done
  • She takes me shoe shopping
  • She teaches me the beauty of being a business woman by weekday and a cattlewoman by weekend
  • She's the example of fine fence building, dinner party making, cattle branding, and business suit closet designing
  • She makes a mean chocolate cake and is kind as a princess
  • In fact, she is a princess...ask anyone in the state of Kansas...

Happy Birthday Mom. I love you.

2 comments:

The Hofschroer's said...

Wow- what an honoring list of things you had to say about your Mom. She sounds simply AMAZING! (like someone else I know *wink wink*)
*amy*

gabrielle said...

wow mom, you sure are right about grandma...all those things are so true. Happy Birthday Grandma!