Here's to Mom

What do I say to a woman who:

• wanted me before I was born
• gave me life
• changed my dirty diapers and still thought I was cute
• nicknamed me "Mousie," which sticks to this day
• kept me safe me through childhood (except see below)
• accidentally burned me on occasion while curling my hair
• introduced me to faith
• let me drink pop on holidays
• made me eat when I was a teenager (this is a really big deal to me...I avoided an eating disorder because she noticed) 
• taught me how to make a mean mac and cheese
• helped me survive heartbreak more than once
• gave me the one required piece of information so that I would know that I was meant to marry Blaine ("He's just like your dad was when he was that age")
• lets me tell her anything, even when it's crazy
• tells me the truth, even when it's hard to hear
• showed me that I want smile lines on my face because hers is so beautiful to me
• is my best friend

My favourite song, What I Really Meant to Say by Steven Curtis Chapman, conveys it...this is just a little of it:

Even though these words come from deep inside me

There’s so much more I don’t have the words to say

What I really want to say

Is what the sun would say to the sky

For giving it a place to come alive

But my words get in the way

Of what I really want to say

Te quiero mamá. Usted está en mi corazón comienza.