Mother's Day.

Me and my mom in 2008 on the strip in Las Vegas.

Yesterday we celebrated Mother's Day with my family at our house.  I cooked a family favorite: roast,  potatoes, carrots and rice smothered in gravy!  In attendance: Gary, Dad, John Allen (my brother), Jessica (my sister), Trevor (my cousin), and of course Mom.

I'm so blessed to have a mother like mine.  She taught me everything I know, she always encourages me to be anything I want to be, she loves me unconditionally, she listens to me vent then offers wise advice, and she showed me how to be a lady who loves and serves her family.  She is not just my mother, she is one of my closest friends, the one I know will be in my corner no matter what.  I hope that some day I can be half the mom she was for us.