Here’s to the woman who puts her family before anything and everything, especially herself.

Here’s to the woman who feels our happiness and our pain as if it’s her own.

Here’s to the woman who feeds us some of the world’s best food.

Black bean and spinach enchiladas…so unbelievably delicious

Here’s to the woman who prays and dreams about her children’s strength and happiness every single day.

Here’s to the woman who actually called my principal to ask why I was chosen as the substitute crossing guard as opposed to a full time one.

Here’s to the woman who followed up the crossing guard conversation with one about why I wasn’t in the same classroom as my best friends.

Here’s to the woman who singlehandedly was able to change my B+ in gym [because I couldn’t do a cartwheel] to an A-.

Here’s to the woman who sat and cried with me when I experienced heartbreak for the first time.

Here’s to the woman who laughs at all of my stories and jokes no matter how “out there” they are.

Here’s to the woman who makes me a better person just by being my momma.

I love you!

And Happy Mother’s Day to all of the beautiful moms out there!

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.  – Washington Irving