Two Days of Women: Day Two

This morning I got all snazzied up in my fancy clothes (I wore HEELS, guys-it was a big day) and went to school. Today was the day that the girls and I got to celebrate the Wonderful Women in our lives. Naturally I brought along The Management.

There are so many things I could say about this woman. But first, I'd like to thank her for going through all that trouble to bring me into the world. From what I saw during part of one Biology class (which was very little, as I left the room before I could pass out-epidurals are SUPER scary looking!) it was really awful and hard and full of a whole ton of unpleasantness. But I'm glad she did it, or else I wouldn't be here, blogging about how great she is.

As my mother, she has shaped pretty much everything about me. Because of her, no one has ever reprimanded my conduct or my manner of speaking or the way I tie my shoes. I was most definitely not raised in a barn. (Well, I kind of was. But not in the figurative sense-I spent a lot of my little teeny kid years in a barn. She taught me to ride a horse, too.)

She is strong, she is kind, she is wise, she is loving, she is loyal, she is helpful, and she works entirely too hard. The Management needs to take a break from managing things. But she doesn't. The poor woman never stops doing anything. She gives so much to everyone else in her life that she has very little of whatever it is (time, love, bubble baths, snacks) to herself. Maybe that is just called Being A Mother, but I have always thought of it as a quality unique to The Management. She is the most selfless woman I have ever known. She is also a friend. I know that if there is something that I want to talk about, or if we're in the car and I feel like rambling, she will be there to listen and talk with me, not AT me.

However, sometimes she makes me think there's something weird about the two of us. I talk to a lot of people who say that they legitimately do not get along with their mothers. And that is fine. But I will never understand why. I have been blessed to have a wonderful and supportive relationship with The Management, and even though we get on each other's nerves quite often there will never be a time when I actually dislike her. This is partially because I make it a policy not to hate anyone at all, ever- I love literally every single person on the planet. But it is also because I don't believe that anybody could ever not like The Management. Yes, she has a penchant for crabbiness. But that's really just part of her Teaching Persona. She will readily admit that, as a teacher, she is always very crabby. Honestly I don't think she really IS that crabby, but I'll let her go on thinking that.

There's a lot more I could tell you all. But I'm worried that you just want to go to bed, so I'll stop. And also, The Management might get annoyed with me if I keep going on and on about her- even if she deserves it.

So, dear mother-o-mine, if you are reading this...thank you. Thank you for everything. I would list it all out but I'm afraid I might accidentally forget something important. I love you, Mom.