Hey Mama

Indulge me on this one guys....

Over the first 20 years of my life, no one has done more for me than my mom.  I feel incredibly blessed to not only have a mom, but a best friend who and will always be there for me.  Which considering the circumstances is pretty amazing...

See my Mom was diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) a couple years before I was even born.  I guess I was just too young to notice that my mom walked a little bit differently than most people, and that pretty much the second after she tucked me in when I was little she hit the sack herself.  Even when she told me when I was about 11, all it really meant to me was that we got to skip lines in Disney World and park in handicap spots. 

Despite all of this, my mom is by far the hardest working person I know.  Yeah she has her rough days, but rarely does she ever use it as an excuse.  If I had half of the work ethic and determination she has I would be pulling a 4.0 with ease.  And whenever I think I'm having a rough go of it, thinking of my Mom having to drive with her left foot because she can't move her right one is incredibly grounding.

And so on her birthday, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to my mom.  I know a stupid blog post can hardly do her justice, but at least I'm gonna give it a try.  Maybe I'll actually send her the link to my blog now so she can read this.

Didn't have a title for this blog, and then this song came on shuffle.  Kinda funny how those things work out...