I'd like to say Happy Birthday to the most amazing, most incredible person I know! Truly, no other person has ever supported me more, placed my needs before hers, and made me feel as though I can accomplish any- and everything I've ever wanted and dreamed of.
I remember when I was my daughters age (7) and I thought to myself, I wanted to be a singer. Well, one day my mom and I were driving somewhere and I mentioned to her this newest revelation of mine. God only knows I would talk the woman's ear off with things I wanted to do, places I wanted to go, why this, why that... anyhoo, she listened to me with sincere interest, and then told me I needed to get a demo tape together and send it to Barry Gordy at Motown (yes, I'm dating myself)! When we got back home, I got my tape recorder out and began to sing hits from Donna Summer, Chaka Kahn, and Natalie Cole. I gave her the tape and she said she would mail it asap! I'm positive she didn't mail it and she probably doesn't even remember what she did with it!
The point is my mom supported me in every dream, idea, and adventure I've ever had and she continues to do so to this day. She is as much my best friend now as she was then. When I was in high school, I liked hanging out with my friends, but my preference was always to hang with my mom! Ask anyone and they will tell you, I had the coolest mom on the planet! While everyone was sneaking out to go here or there, I wasn't! I didn't have to. My mom and I had a relationship where I knew I didn't have to lie to her about where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do. I'm sure there were some moments when I disappointed her! Real talk, there were times when I know I infuriated the hell out of her! As one would suspect, I wasn't the easiest child to deal with! But she handled me like a pro, never making me feel that I meant any less to her than if I had done something miraculous! I guess that's why I always knew that no one had my back the way she did and no one would ever give it to me straight and keep it "one-hundred", as they say now, more than Renee! If I live to be a hundred years old, I could never repay her for all she's given me.
Now that I'm a mom, there is not a day that goes by that I am not so grateful for the blueprint she has given me on how to love, how to parent, and how to train my children. When my daughter comes home from school with her many adventures and experiences, I sometimes shutter on the inside. I'm ever mindful of my expressions because I know from experience this is the foundation that allowed me to trust that I would have no greater friend in my life than my mom! I know I've only scratched the surface of what it was like for her with me, but I know that Gillian and I will share the same bond and closeness. I see it in her face and hear it in her voice when we talk. More than that, I feel it in my soul, knowing that it isn't deja vu, but wisdom from the greatest relationship I've ever known! Never have I had so much admiration and respect for my mom as I do now! I am forever in her debt and love her more than I could ever express! Happy Birthday Mom! I love you...
Make it AMAZING!
Rhonda
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The point is my mom supported me in every dream, idea, and adventure I've ever had and she continues to do so to this day. She is as much my best friend now as she was then. When I was in high school, I liked hanging out with my friends, but my preference was always to hang with my mom! Ask anyone and they will tell you, I had the coolest mom on the planet! While everyone was sneaking out to go here or there, I wasn't! I didn't have to. My mom and I had a relationship where I knew I didn't have to lie to her about where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do. I'm sure there were some moments when I disappointed her! Real talk, there were times when I know I infuriated the hell out of her! As one would suspect, I wasn't the easiest child to deal with! But she handled me like a pro, never making me feel that I meant any less to her than if I had done something miraculous! I guess that's why I always knew that no one had my back the way she did and no one would ever give it to me straight and keep it "one-hundred", as they say now, more than Renee! If I live to be a hundred years old, I could never repay her for all she's given me.
Now that I'm a mom, there is not a day that goes by that I am not so grateful for the blueprint she has given me on how to love, how to parent, and how to train my children. When my daughter comes home from school with her many adventures and experiences, I sometimes shutter on the inside. I'm ever mindful of my expressions because I know from experience this is the foundation that allowed me to trust that I would have no greater friend in my life than my mom! I know I've only scratched the surface of what it was like for her with me, but I know that Gillian and I will share the same bond and closeness. I see it in her face and hear it in her voice when we talk. More than that, I feel it in my soul, knowing that it isn't deja vu, but wisdom from the greatest relationship I've ever known! Never have I had so much admiration and respect for my mom as I do now! I am forever in her debt and love her more than I could ever express! Happy Birthday Mom! I love you...
Make it AMAZING!
Rhonda
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