My beautiful mother
(This was actually taken yesterday, but my processing of these thoughts basically only came today.. When i look at this picture again) :)
In 1998 i thought i might lose my mother to cancer, the same way she lost hers to breast cancer when I was barely a year old.
I am very thankful that modern medical procedures and reverting to healthy eating habits prevented that from happening.
Today she is a proud grandma of 8 not-always-perfect-but-dammit-they-are-lovely grand kids. And in remission for the last 13 yrs.
I am thankful for the way she has given everything and more to us and continues to do so for our kids. I am thankful for her guidance in teaching me to be as good a person as i can be. I am thankful for her acceptance of who i am, what i choose to do, and her relief when she sees i am doing fine.
She isnt perfect because nobody is. But she is still irreplaceable and i love her regardless, just like she loves me despite my many flaws.
:)
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