My momma means everything to me. She is such an inspiration in my life. I have so many fond memories growing up as a kid. She was always there to take care of me. She was always there to cheer me on. She was always there with a stern word when I'd get into trouble. Of course, there are always a few memories I'd like to forget. Mostly those times when I was a little snit. Snit is my sister's word...snot+shit=snit. Mom used to use the word schister...it is German for shit head I think. A little vocabulary lesson.

A few distinct situations come to mind. I don't know what I did on this particular day but I ended up running around trying to evade my mom who was chasing after me with a yard stick. I must have done something bad to get that reaction out of her. I swiftly (well that is how I remember it:) climbed up into our pine tree. I was high enough where she could not reach me. I her yelling at me to get down there. I stayed in the tree for quite a while. Was she nuts? Did she think I'd really come down there when she was yielding a yard stick? I never did get the stick, but I might have gotten dad when he got home from work.

I love my mom. She was there for me every step of the way. She always had advice but usually would only give it if I asked. 9.5 times out of 10 her advice is dead on. Sometimes when my sister and I are talking about a situation, we usually say, "What would mom do?" She has a good heart and knows how to use it.

She is always there to lend a helping hand too. She is great with all the grand kids and seems to know just about how to do everything. She is almost always one of the first people I call for anything. I know I could google just about anything and figure it out but I like to talk to her.

I am so fortunate to have a mom like her in my life. I want her there for all the big and small things. I desperately wish I lived closer to her so we could do more of those big and small things together. But I do know that we cherish the time we do get to spend together even more.

I just hope that I am half the mom she is and was to me. I want my kids to always feel loved no matter what. I never want to let them down. I never want them to feel like the are not important and cherished. There has never been a time that I can remember that I have ever felt that way in our relationship and believe me...I did not always make that easy.


I love you mom! You are the best...always have been. I SO wish I could be with all of you today. I hate it when I am the only one missing. Hopefully the weather is beautiful and you can all sit out on the deck and enjoy the beautiful lake! Miss you tremendously!


I wasn't always an easy child. Like mom says, "You were an angel as long as I did not say no to you!" I have a feeling I might have a couple of daughters who might follow in my footsteps. I could go on an on about my memories.


**For the record I tried to look up schister for the correct spelling...and schister does not seem to mean anything about sh&^...what were you calling me?