My Mom and Her Perfect Day

Let me tell you about one of my favorite people in the whole world. My mom. One of the many reasons my mom is so amazing is that she has the ability to see me in a way that no one else can.

She has to know I’m not perfect- yet she fiercely believes that I am.

She loves to write poetry and her latest one was about a day we spent together a few years ago when she was visiting me here. She calls the poem “The Perfect Day.” It was December and I took her down to The Outlets at Castle Rock to shop for presents. We were listening to Christmas music on the radio and when we arrived at the outlets- it started to snow these huge flakes! There was hardly anyone shopping so we felt like we had a run of the place! We walked around enjoying the decorations and listening to holiday tunes… and it snowed and snowed the whole time.

It was The Perfect Day.

My mom and I talked on the phone today and she read me her new poem for the first time. It was the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard. I don’t live near my mom and I don’t get to see her very often and I haven’t spent an actual Christmas with my family in years. It was always a very important time for us- but living so far away has made it hard (plus it’s difficult to leave work that week because everyone else is gone! Haha). This year- she bought me a ticket to come home for a few days. I won’t be there on actual Christmas but we are going to celebrate a little early. Still- I’m looking so forward to it!

So, even though I didn’t write an actual (Thanksgiving- I’m thankful for… ) blog I wanted to say how thankful I am for my mother and the love and support she’s shown me my entire life. Even when I was a screw-up she still thought I was the best person on the planet. Every big decision I’ve made in life has been fully supported by my mom. Every dumb dude I dated when I was younger was treated warmly and she never said anything negative about them until I decided to dump them. After they were gone she would simply say “Well, I really didn’t like him anyway!”  That trick only worked when I was younger though. Now I can completely tell when she doesn’t approve of someone. Haha.

I truly hope you have someone like that in your life. Whether it be your own mother or a sibling or an aunt or even your best friend. Everyone needs that one person that can see through the static and really truly love unconditionally. For me- it’s my mom!

I hope you enjoyed my warm and fuzzy ‘mom’ moment. Thanks for reading.

xo,

Sam