Happy Birthday, Mom!

My dear mother has a round birthday today and I am so thankful for her love and support over the years.

Happy Birthday To A Mother Like No Other!

Since I take Sundays off, I don’t usually have the opportunity to address my mother on Mother’s Day, so I will do so here today.

For my entire life, my mother has been a force of stability, love, and grace in our family. She is a nurse, though she set that aside to raise my brother and me and I will be forever grateful for her tenderness and care, from things like reading to us every night to helping with those annoying school projects in elementary school to being my proofreader through high school (and goodness knows, I struggle with proofreading!).

She modeled the qualities of tidiness, patience, and self-sacrifice to me and now does the same for my children. My dear father passed last year, and it was inspiring the way she so faithfully took care of him in his final months.

I’m so thankful for her…I’m so thankful for all that she has taught me and continues to teach me and for her remarkably positive attitude, even when trials come.

A Special Trip For A Special Mom

I took my father on a special trip in 2023 and I am so thankful I did…it turned out to be his last trip.

While I hope my (younger) mother has decades of life left, I would like to take her on a special trip later this year. She’s not much of an international traveler, but I told her we can go wherever she wants…and of course we’ll fly there in luxury and stay in a nice hotel.

Time is the currency of love and as I try to strike the right balance between my own professional and immediate familial obligations, I realize that some of our greatest joys in life come with spending time with those we love.

My mother doesn’t drink alcohol or like the sun…she’s not into strenuous physical activity, red meat, or anything processed. She loves nice hotels and delicious breakfasts.

I’d love your thoughts on where I might take her. Iceland, maybe? I think New Zealand is a bit far, but I think that the South Island would be a very lovely destination. Israel? She has never been and I think a trip to Israel (and Jordan) is essential for everyone at some point.

CONCLUSION

Happy birthday Ma, I love you so much!

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’” -Proverbs 31:28–29

image: a picture of my parents en route to my wedding in Germany on the upper deck of a Lufthansa 747-8