Happy Birthday Mom

I'm terrible at remembering dates~anniversaries, birthdays, national holidays, and the like. You name it, I can probably forget it. For the last six years I've been working really hard at memorizing two specific ones: April 18th which is Jonathan's birthday and June 19th which is our wedding anniversary. Impressed? If not, you should be. Because I (REALLY) meant it when I said I'm not good at remembering dates.

So, on to the point of this post. I am in fact capable of remembering all the birthdays of the four other people in my immediate family. Thirty years of watching January 13th (Mom), March 7th (Dad), February 13th (Drew), and October 28th (Brad) roll around has indeed engraved those dates on my brain.

Today is my mom's special day, and I wanted to take a minute to let you all know how wonderful she is. My mom (Charlotte, for those of you who don't know her) is such a blessing. She's been a constant and supportive person in my life every day for the past (almost) 30years. She loves animals, taking long walks, being with her family, and enjoying nature. My mom's creative, thoughtful, generous, and energetic. She also makes awesome paella. Most importantly, my mom is a woman who loves God and His word and is faithful in prayer. I couldn't have asked or hoped for a better mother.

This is a photo of us on top of Mt. Nebo when she came out to help us after Guy was born.

Dr. Char. Aka, the baby whisperer.

If you can't track her down, she's probably out on a walk. I come by that trait honestly.

Grandbabies in arms...a common sight these days.

Happy birthday Mom! I love you and I am so grateful for you.

ps. Disclaimer to my readers: Please don't see this as a new precedent. I think it was rather bold and unsafe of me to write a happy birthday blog considering my track record with forgetting birthdays. But, I decided to throw all caution to the wind today. I am SO wild.