HMD!

I must take a study break to give a shout out to:

• the one that made me want to be a teacher
• the one that gave me three clones of myself-that I love so much (okay, she had help with this one)
• the hands down best teacher I know
• the most creative and most like to help me in a help-I-hit-a-wall-and-can't-think-of-anything-cute-to-do crisis
• the most obsessive ice chewer I know
• the one that is oh-so-witty 
• the one that makes me laugh. so much.
• the one that I would chase a random car down Magnolia for- insert fearlessness here
• the one that would tell me I would only need a "butterfly stitch" when my elbow skin was exposed to the bone- insert reasonable lying here
• the BEST M&M cookie maker I know
• the one who I know reads this blog, even if no one else in the world does
• the one who change across town high school alliances for her kids (go Dawgs, go)
• the one who loves her kids (biological and those in her class) like crazy
• the one who drove me to YoungLife club when I was a freshmen and forced me to get out of the car- insert "where the heck would I be without that" face here
• the one who has worn a scar on her stomach for 21 years because of me
• Who gave me the name with too many Cs- insert "no it's actually -cie" here
• the one that passed on:
• blonde hair
• embarrassingly bad math abilities
• a love of reading
• the problem of tears rolling down our legs if we laugh to hard
• the uncanny ability to bruise in weird places
• a love for gummy bears and M&Ms-and everything sweet come to think of it
• a horrible sense of direction
• a love of the mountains
• a hate of water parks (but maybe that's not inherited, just a normal thing to hate swimming in thousands of other people's spit and pee. Ew.)
• a need to chase crazy dreams
• and incredible good looks :)

So here's to one of the most influential people in my life. Someone I love so much. Someone I am permanently indebted to. Someone who leads me, prays for me, encourages me, teaches me, loves me, and is my biggest fan.   

Here she is, in all her glory:

I know you love this one, Mom

 

Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I love you!