All my Mothers

So I meant to post this ON mother's day but am just now getting around to it. Life has been a little hectic as of late with the semester coming to an end (thank goodness). Oh and I worked on Mother's Day at Outback soooo that means I was not at home lazing around (another thing I am looking forward to for a short period of time). So here is a little bit about my wonderful mother and all the other amazing mommies in my life.

Mom ~ I LOVE YOU. my mother is honestly my closest confidant. I can talk to her about anything and I generally do. I will literally call her just to say hello and talk about nothing. Sometimes this annoys her (oops I forgot you had students at that time) or she has something that she is doing. But she always has time for me and my ramblings. She has taught me that I can do anything I set my mind to and that nothing should ever stand in the way of my dreams. Both she and my dad have always encouraged me and I love them for that. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to be with her for the last two years and have been too low on funds to get her the gifts I want to....but she is the one insisting that I save my money and just call her to say hello. My gift to her next year will be to be there with her. I hope that by this time next year I have that leisure in my life. I can honestly say I don't know what I would do without her. 

My Aunts ~ I have many fantastic Aunts...my mom has 5 sisters, 2 sisters-in-law and my dad has a sister. I am blessed to have these women in my life. They are all absolutely beautiful and we have the most fun when we are all together (which is very rare....we're all quite far flung from each other). I have a varying degree of relationship with each of them but I do love all of them. Plus I got amazing genes from all these ladies so heck yes I'm going to look hott when further along in my years =). Family is first in my mind and I am so lucky to have them as my family. 

All the other mommies in my life ~ I have many parents. Ask anyone at home. I think I have something around 20 dads....this may be a factor in my non-existent dating life at home. But I have a whole bevy of my parents friends who I can go to if I need help. Many of them are parents of my friends as well. Most of them I call aunt or uncle. And some I call "daddy" plus their name or "momma" plus their name. Some mommas are called that by many. It's one huge family. All of these amazing women have had an affect on me in some way. Anne, JuneMarie, Mary, Anita (times 2), Annette, Elaine (also times 2), Helen, Beverly, Jackie, Lisa, Jill and oh my goodness I could go on forever. I miss my big family so so much and I wish I had more time to see them. 

I may become a mother someday and I just hope to be as good of a mother as all of these women are. They inspire me along with countless other women who I can't even begin to mention because I know I would leave someone out and feel bad. So all my mommies....I love you so!