Happy Mother's Day

So, it is Mother's Day and I am celebrating it, the most appropriate and best way I know how. I am glad the day has finally arrived, because I am tired of all the commercials and advertisements. It's just a reminder that my mom is no longer with us. But it does remind me too, how great of a mother I did have.

This year, my in-laws are in town. I am glad that my husband is very understanding and realizes how hard it is to think about spending the day with them. To watch a mother and son be so excited to share the holiday together, I just anticipate sadness. So, instead of being a witness to other people's holiday, I am going to do what my mom would do today...besides put flowers on her own grave. I am going to go support my younger brother in a huge bike race in McMinnville. I am sure if mom were here, she would be on the sidelines cheering him on and ringing that cowbell like she always did. It's a way to honor her and her memory and be supportive of my brother at the same time. I am sure he's glad that he has the distraction too.