Day of the Mothers blog(of course)

On this lovely Sunday afternoon you may call or get a card for your mother(which I have yet to do). Or, for the "non-traditional" family, you may have more than one mother or motherly figure to purchase something for!

I know growing up most of my Mother's Day gifts from school were made and given to my Grandmother (considering the fact I didn't have an actual mother until I turned 13) My birth mother or as I refer to her to family and friends "egg donor" has not been around since I was about 8 years old. Her own choices, not mine(although now, I am thankful she was never around). My father married my mother when I was 13. Although, by "law" she is my step mother, she is my mother nonetheless. However, during those prime years from 8 to 13, I had my Grammi. She is and will always be my best friend. No matter who comes and goes, she has always been there for me, teaching me, and loving me for who I am.

She has been my standing ovation at my band concerts and plays, my chauffeur to all my surgeries and appointments, my shoulder to cry on when I lost my daughter, Samantha, and holding my leg during the birth of my daughter, Cortlynn.

Sure, my boyfriend has been there for me too, but noone has been there like she has, for as long as she has. 23(almost 24) years is along time to me! All the appointments and practices and "playdates". My dad and mom were there too, but my Grammi takes the award for most supportive . My mom told me I "needed help" and that "something was wrong" with me because I was a Bisexual. My Grammi? She shrugged her shoulders when I told her about the argument with my mom about it. She just said "So, what about it?"

She has been my defining character that I strive to be. She raised her own two children, only to take in her 2 granddaugthers 25 years later and help raise them? She fought for custody of us when the "egg donor" took of with us amidst her legal issues with hiding a gun that was used for attempted murder(such a smart women, eh?). She took us into her home, fed us, clothed us, put us back into school.

She is my guiding light. I only hope that everyone has had a mother as amazing as my Grammi.


Don't get me wrong, I love my mom. She is an amazing woman. An how she puts up with my pops, I'll never know! She has been there in my time of need.(2am phone calls-on a workday- with me screaming and bawling, coming and pick me and my little girl yup. Yeah, that's devotion)

SO,

I hope you all appreciate your mother or motherly figures! Surprise a beautiful mother and give her a flower or a hug! Make her day!


Wanna know where Mother's Day comes from??
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36969170/ns/today-mothers_day_guide?Gt1=43001

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother