Happy Mother's Day!

 There are a lot of things I miss from home. I miss Target (we have Target here but its nothing like American Target) I miss happy hour at sonic, I miss NBA basketball, I miss mexican food, I miss my friends, I miss Marley (my sweet puppy) but most of all I miss my parents and especially today I miss my mom! I so wish I could be there to give her a big hug and take her to lunch for Mother's day but I guess i'll have to settle for a skype date.

My mom is the best. She is my best friend. I tell my sweet hubby all the time, that I love him a lot and he is my best friend but sometimes I miss my other best friend, my momma. He always responds with, "I miss your mom too!" Now that i'm a grown up, mature, married lady (I am, right?!) I can assure you I'm pretty sure I was a handful for my parents growing up. Can you say, drama queen?! I have so many great memories and my mom was in all of them. From throwing my many elaborate themed birthday parties growing up, taking me and my girlfriends on trips, going shopping to buy things for my first apartment, teaching me how to sew curtains for my classroom, our many shopping dates, picking her up at the airport when she flew all the way to Sydney by herself so she could help me finalize wedding plans and working with her to surprise my dad when we came home a day early for Christmas. There are so many amazing memories, I could probably write a whole book, but i'll spare you :) I look back now and I'm so very thankful God blessed me with the best parents in the world and the best mom. My mom is not only one of the sweetest ladies you will ever meet in your life, she is patient, caring, strong, creative, organized, stylish, a great listener and great at giving advice and hello, she is gorgeous! Even though we've spent most of the last 2 years living on different continents, I feel like in some ways its made us closer and its certainly made the moments we do get to spend together so much sweeter.

I love you mom. Thank you for raising me the way you did, thank you for taking care of me when I was sick, thank you for putting me in my place when I was a pain in your behind, thank you for always letting my friends come over, thank you for teaching me how to make the best chocolate chip cookies, thank you for teaching me how to be strong and independent, thank you for being an encourager, thank you for never giving up on me, thank you for always pushing me to do my best, thank you for letting me move half way around the world to discover the adventure of a lifetime, thank you for being the best example of a loving, Christian wife, and thank you for being my best friend. Thank you for being my mom.

I'm jealous of those of you who get to see and hug your mom on mother's day. If you live close to your mom, be very thankful. See and hug her every chance you get!

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and all my 'other moms' and friends who are now moms!

Me and my sweet momma :)