We will always need our Moms.  No matter how old we are, or where we are in life; Mom will always be needed. She is the one who loves us, no matter who we are, how bad we've been, or what we've done.  She is our one-person cheering section through good times and bad. She smiles through the gaudy jewelry years when the biggest, brightest, and yes, ugliest piece of cheap jewelry was bought at the school's gift fair.  She will wear it proudly during dinner and gently put it in the place of honor among her best baubles.  She graciously accepts the popsicle jewelry boxes, the spaghetti jar paper mached gift, the half dead dandilions, and wears the macaroni/ fruit loop necklace with pride.  She cries at the drop of a hat; at our dance or school recitals, graduation day, sports banquets and homecomings, wedding days, and announcements of all kinds. Even when we've hurt her more deeply than we can fathom, she holds her head high and loves us anyway. Her shoulders carry the weight of the world, yet she carries herself with poise and grace. She can stretch a meal for 2 into a feast of Biblical proportions. She is a fashion figure; Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Armani, Versace, et al pale in comparison to what she can do with a piece of fabric. Interior Designers everywhere flock to see her latest designs and creations. She does this all on a shoe string budget. The last minute brownies/cupcakes we forgot to mention we've signed her up for, the term paper typed, the completed class project, the ironed shirt(dress, suit, etc),  and the gift we forgot to buy for someone else all there when we need; given without so much as a "Thank you".

So........to all Mothers everywhere....the Moms who support us, give us the independence we crave and the lifeline when we need it, the Moms who give us the world and the ones who know when to say no; the Moms whose children will never walk through the door again, and the ones who loved us enough to give us a better life with another Mother and those Mothers who took us in and love us unconditionally...........

Happy Mother's Day With Lots

of Love!!!

Thank you for Everything!!!!