My Lifesaver, My Friend....

My Mother. She's been there for me in ways only she could. She's the first person I call when something good happens. And when something bad happens. She's seen me at my best and even my very worst. She taught me pretty much everything important that I know. She was there the day I took my first breath, first smiled, took my first step. She probably cried when I started Kindergarten. When I went away to college, she called me every day. She sat beside me when I married Brian. She helped me set up my first home. She has been there for every baby. Helped me through the emotional roller coaster ride that usually follows. I love her so dearly. She's probably the last to know because all my life I've just taken, taken, taken from her. She's given all of her. And I've taken. No woman has influenced my life more.

I'm pretty sure I know who my kids would want for their mother if they could choose! She spends hours playing with them, brings them their favorite things, helps them with homework, cuddles with them on the couch. Brielle cried when she realized Grandma was gone. She did so much for us. She drove my kids EVERYWHERE, deep cleaned the whole downstairs, made the kids bathtub sparkle again, let me take a nap every day, made McKenna's birthday cake, washed thousands of dishes, folded tons of laundry.......this could go on and on!

I had decided that the most precious gift in this life is a baby. I'm pretty certain, though, that a mother like mine is just as precious.

We celebrated our sweet McKenna's 14th birthday while my Mom was here. Can you believe she's 14??? She is a beauty, inside and out. I know, because I get to see the best of her and the worst, but there really isn't a worst. She is a girl I look up to.

I'm anti video games, but THIS little game is changing my mind, just a little! Dance Central is pretty much going to get our family through the winter!!