Super Woman

My mom… can you see the resemblance? Well including the appearance thing, my mom and I have little in common when it comes to outside interests. However, one of the main interests that we do have in common is our fetish for gadgets & most of the time the SAME EXACT gadget. Another thing that we do have in common is our personalities (a big one to have in common, I guess). It’s weird because to me the personalities would be less likely a candidate for similarities due to our lack of genetic connection. But I have come to realize that our personalities seem to be more similar than I ever thought.

So what’s that got to do with her being Super Woman, nothing – just ramblings about my mom & I. But what does make her Super Woman in my eyes is her extreme sense of loyalty, strength and frankness. She has been through a lot these past couple of months, mostly due to me & starting with me. Actually I guess if starting with me and because of me were the factors then she has been through a lot this past decade. But, back to the issue at hand, not only has she had to deal with me & my personal problems, but with health issues around my step dad, major health issues of my grandfather & supporting my grandmother through all of this & helping them with some life changes. Now, has she done all of this without falling apart a time or two? HEELLLLLOOOOO, could you? After all she is human, a woman and remember DRAMATIC?? But she has not given up & she has pulled her self together to keep pressing on to be there for those that need her. Like today, when she already has a full plate, but her daughter was falling apart & needed her to drop everything to come give me a hug & she did.

Obviously, the strength & comfort that she has been to me during my “issues” has affected me (and others that have witnessed it) in a way that I will never forget & hope that someday I could be ½ as supportive to my kids as she has been to me. Now, trust me she has called me out on issues & we definitely don’t always see things eye to eye. But she loves me like no one else in this world loves me. And she has proved it. She has listened to me gripe, whine, complain, rejoice, contemplate & ramble more than anyone else & trust me that takes a lot of time & effort because I can do those things to excess. She has supported me, uplifted me and grounded me during all of this & I LOVE HER for all of that and more. Words cannot express how appreciative that I am for all that she has done for me in the past couple of months.

MOM – YOU ROCK!