55 Reasons to Love Mom

55 Reasons We Love This Lady



Mom - Happy Birthday!

Here are 55 reasons that we love you.

1. She spoils my "rotten" kids . . . I mean "kids rotten". ;-)
   
2. She works very hard.
3. She cares deeply for people.
4. She spent thousands of hours listening to me late into the evening.
5. She remembers things that are important to those she loves.
6. She deeply loves my father and works hard at her marriage.
   
7. She is funny and has a wonderful belly laugh that we get the privilege to see on occasion.
8. She likes to play games.
9. She makes the best Orange Jello Salad in the world.
10. She has a fun design style and is always working on a project.
11. She can touch her nose with her tongue
12. Every once in a while she'll let her18-year old self out to play for a while.
13. She is always finding a good "garage sale" deal
14. She is always having a garage sale to sell some of those good "garage sale" deals.
15. My kids love her (and Grandpa).
16. She hardly ever lets a week go by without a call to check-in.
17. She is happy.
18. She makes the world a bit happier.
19. She even makes burned food taste yummy.
    
20. She taught me to love honey on grilled cheese.
21. She understands people's needs.
22. She makes music when she snores. ;-) Hehehe
    
23. She is her kids best friend.
24. She cares about the details of my life.
25. She taught me how to be prayerful.
26. She gave me great pep talks to woo away my worries.
27. She loves through her touches and gives great hugs and gave great "face massages" as a kid.
28. She loves to read.
29. She is the glue that keeps our family and her siblings together.
30. She seems to have great perspective to life.
    
31. She was always great friends with my friends and made them want to come over.
32. She is beautiful and has a wonderful smile.
33. She has some mischievous spunk to her.
34. She went toilet papering with me and my friends.
35. She opened my world to opportunities and ideas.
36. She lives for Grandkid visits and my kids know it.
37. She spends her time and money to come visit no matter how far away we are.
38. She loves the Lord and has shared that with me.
39. She is honest.
40. She is trustworthy and can be confided in.
41. She is always sharing with the less fortunate.
42. She is a good conversationalist and always has something interesting to say.
43. She is the center of our family.
44. She let me drink all the 2% milk I wanted growing up.
45. She made great custom shaped b-day cakes.
46. She was willing to beat up the Bynam bully that popped me in the nose. ;-)
47. She never said "no" to all the sports and activities I wanted to participate in.
48. She spent all her Saturdays and evenings focusing on her kids' stuff.
49. She gives to the community.
50. She is growing old very very well.
51. She quickly gets to know other people and make them feel welcome.
52. She is transparent, not stubborn and willing to make positive changes.
53. She is true to her covenants.
54. She taught me to eat all my food (or wait, maybe that was Dad).
55. She is one of my best friends.

We love you, Mom.

Chris, Sarah and kids