Happy Mothers Day

Today is the day.  The day we set aside once a year to celebrate juts how fantastic a mother you are and how important you are to our family.  Yep, one day a year.  Once a year.

Who am I kidding?  We do that every day.  A mother like you requires more than a single calendar notification to be celebrated.  You really need the whole year.  Maybe we can do a reverse Alice in Wonderland thing and ignore today and celebrate the other 364 days?  It is a reasonable thought.

A single day doesn't account for the many things you do to make us all happy.  It isn't long enough to acknowledge all the little things you do to that we don't even know you do for us.  It can't even come close to covering how loved you make us all feel.

I don't think the "whole being a mother" gets the credit it deserves.  Being a parent is a very different role than being a mother.  Being a parent comes with some obligation.  Some requirements.  It is a responsibility that comes from having children.  It is likely how most fathers approach parenthood.  It is likely why fathers day is less important than mothers day.

Being a mother is much different.  It is more encompassing.  It goes beyond parenting.

Being a mother involves coordinating an entire family.  Making sure things work.  Making us all feel loved.  Making sure that each member of a family has its place.  Each member feels important.  Each member is made to feel special when needed (or even when not needed).  It is the role of leader, care-taker, coordinator, doctor/nurse, counselor, communicator, friend, lover, savior, protector and shoulder when needed.

It simply must be the hardest thing in the world.  Yet, you do it so flawlessly.  Like you were meant to do so.

I need to preface this with the fact that I know the dog isn't your child.  However, you did something last week that reminded me how amazing you are at this whole mother thing.   Rylle's bunny was under my desk.  Had been all day.  I put the dog in her crate 5 times without walking the 50 feet to get it for her.  It isn't like she really needs it right?  Yet the ONE time you put her in there you remembered to find it.  And you didn't even know where it was.  A simple gesture.  A random act of kindness.  Yet a small reminder of the amazing things you do for everyone or anything in this family.

I can't imagine how many little things we have taken for granted that you have done.  How many times I went to get the toothpaste and found a new tube, or reached into my drawer for something just expecting it was there like some magic takes place when I am not here.

You are and always will be the most amazing mother on this planet.  Hell, you are just the most amazing person on this planet.  I can't even begin to tell you ow lucky we are.

Happy Mother's Day my love.  We will continue the celebration tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day.  Because you deserve it.

You're the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.