thankful thursday

today (and everyday) i am thankful for my mom! i'm especially thankful for her today, and thought it appropriate to acknowledge her as today is the anniversary of roe v wade and she, obviously, is the one who gave me my life -- for which i am also very thankful!

she is wonderful! she is one of my very best friends, my biggest encourager and cheerleader. plus, she willingly takes care of ALL my kids so kirbs and i can go on a date, occasionally lends me money until payday so checks don't bounce, sends me fun notes in the mail, buys me stamps just 'cause she's nice like that, makes my kitchen sink all shiny and clean whenever she's over, puts away laundry when she sees it in the laundry basket in the hall where it was the last 2 times she was over as well, helps me rearrange the cupboards to find room for the new fun dishes that were 50% off after christmas and . . . she put up with me when i was a teenager! i'm much like her in some ways and not so much in others (which you would understand if you've ever eaten something that she cooked and then something that i cooked!) i know that she is most likely crying now as she reads this (i blame her for the fact that i get teary all the time and have no control over it!) and that she wishes i didn't post this picture here, because she won't like it. but joe took it of her, and i think it's cute! i think she's cute!


here we are together a couple months ago: we didn't intend to be all matchy, it just happened . . . actually, turns out it happens quite often! we'll show up here or there and be wearing, basically, the same outfit! funny! you know, great minds . . .


i love you mom!