My Mom...Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!

This is my sweet mother and I just wanted to post a tribute to her. Right now she is living in South Africa serving a mission with my dad. I really miss her right now especially as Mother's Day approaches. She is the best mom I could've ever asked for. She has always been there for me and as I have gotten older we have just become closer and closer. I currently live in her house and sometimes I wish I could just go get on her bed at night and talk to her about my day. She is the best person to talk to and gives the best advice. Too bad I am too stubborn to take all of that advice. That is the other trait about her that is great is how patient she is. She has put up with a lot and I love her for it. I probably don't tell her enough (especially now that she lives on a different continent) but I love and appreciate her more than she knows. She is so funny too. I love joking around with her and teasing my dad....He has a hard time because her and I are funnier than he is!! For those of you who don't know...I am adopted and so it is unlikely that I would look like my mom. Some of my favorite moments are when I am somewhere with my mom and someone tells us how much I look like my mom. My mom and I just look at each other and say thanks and then laugh because they don't know that I am adopted. Little does my mom know, I love when people tell me this. I look up to my mom so much and love that people would think I look like her. She is the greates mom in the world and I miss her so much right now. She is doing so great over in Africa with my dad. They are doing great things which is no surprise to me. They are both great people. My mom is my best friend and I love the relationship that we have grown into. We are so close and she helps me in so many ways. I also want to mention what a wonderful grandma she is. She is a very proud grandma to 16 grandchildren that she loves so much. She is always very fair with all of them and they all love her so much. Morgan talks about her all the time and that Grandma would always take her to McDonald's. Just this morning when we were driving to school she asked "when is Grandma coming home?" I said not until next summer. Morgan got so sad and then asked when Santa was coming. I told her at Christmas. She said, "if I ask Santa, will he bring her home for me?" So cute!! Mom...we love you so much and you are truly missed. You are the best mom and I love you as a teacher, mother, and best friend. You are the greatest example and I hope I can be the type of mom to Morgan as you were to me.

Happy Mother's Day!