Happy Mama's Day

My mother. In her 70+ years she's been a model, an actress, a baton twirling star, a missionary, a pastor's wife, a jewelry salesperson, a dental assistant, a line dance instructor, a motivational speaker, a foster parent, a beauty pageant winner, a Welcome Wagon lady, a seamstress, a funeral director, a choreographer, an interior decorator, a bible study leader and a fashion icon, and a myriad of other things I can't even recall. Renaissance woman is an understatement. A jack of all trades AND a master of them.

I've seen her make a roomful of people laugh and I've seen her make grown men cower. I've seen her inspire women to take charge and speak up for themselves and I've seen her soothe inconsolable newborn babies to sleep. I've seen her open her home to hundreds of foster children and needy adults, and I've seen her always make time for herself. I've seen her love her family while standing up and disagreeing with them completely. I've seen her make a mistake, and I've seen her realize and correct it.

She hasn't always been liked by the world, but she's always been respected. There's no one like her, and that's a damn shame.

That's my mother.