Mother's Day Gratitude

This Mother's Day, I am thankful for the loving husband with whom I share this parenting job, and for the thoughtfulness that never escapes him.

I am thankful for the chance to enjoy a thoughtful breakfast with my kids.

And I am thankful for their willingness to have their pictures taken on a whim, so that I can some day look back and remember their beautiful faces from this time when life seems to move too fast for me to soak them up.
But mostly, on Mother's Day, I am thankful for my own mother. Mom, you are the picture of kindness and love. Thank you for being who you are and always have been for me, and for our whole family.

And Happy Mother's Day to all of the other mommies in my life, young and old...thank you for your wisdom, understanding, and wit, all of which I could not be the mommy I am, without.