Mothers' Day

First of all, here’s a little somethin’ for all you moms out there, or really, just for any of you that find this funny.

My Mother’s Day has been grand. Brandon surprised me got me what I asked for; a memory foam pillow. These things are the friggin’ bomb diggity. I also got Mario Kart for the Wii, which is uber fun because you steer with an actual steering wheel. Never mind I drive like a drunkard high on acid. It’s still fun. I also got some new eyeliner from Mac, and it was mostly just because the story of Brandon wandering around Nordstrom looking for the Mac counter was too much to pass up.

Brandon also wrote me a beautiful letter, and I’m going to share a bit here, so you can all know why I have the perfect husband perfect husband for me:

…It is always very fun for me to buy you things that make you happy, and sometimes I forget how much you like words (cards) too.

…Today you deserve to be recognized. It should be said that you are extraordinary. It should not be said that you are a troubled person, have too many problems, or are weak. It would be much more suiting to say that you are terribly strong, insanely persevering, and unstoppable. I will always think of you more as a woman of progression than a sick girl. You are not a sick girl to me, but a mother who has been up against monster after monster, obstacle after obstacle. You have always stopped, inhaled, gathered your strength, and fought through the battle. If anyone was to ever write you off and deem you unworthy, they would never have been more wrong.

…I love you for loving me in my imperfections, for loving our beautiful son, and for starting to love yourself. I hope you know on this day and on all others that you are my world and my everything. Happy, happy Mothers’ Day.

Love, Brandon and Cade
(Cade contributed with some quite apt smudges)

And my mom. She mailed me a card, and when I read the front of the card, I thought that it was something many of my readers would find quite inspiring, as well. The quote is from Alice in Wonderland, which is a great movie book:

“There is no use trying,” said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” -Lewis Carroll

To all you dreamers out there, those of you striving for recovery, sometimes falling, but always picking yourself up again, I tell you that you can do this, you can believe the impossible. That life is out there, it’s waiting for you, it’s beautiful, and it’s yours for the taking.

Thank you to all you who wished me a happy Mothers' Day, thank you to my hubby, and thank you to my mom, the one and only who taught me to be the mama I am today.