Happy Birthday, Mom

There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to RISE!

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10 (KJV)

Meet Sheila - my mom, she is everything you think about when it comes to a "mom." She isn't the bake cookies and volunteers in your classroom type of mom. She is the "I'll tell you when you're wrong" and I'll pray you through kind of mom.  I have always admired my mom's strength. She's a survivor and I'm blessed to have her.

Have you ever met someone with a sweet spirit? Someone who will give their last just to see you smile? That's my mom! She's patient, kind and a little shy. She wonders where I get my personality from but I know I'm just like her! (just an amped up version)

Mom,

Thank you for teaching me what its like to be a mom. Thank you for teaching me that I can do anything I put my mind to. (That's why I think I'm invincible!)  Thank you for loving me when I didn't know how to love myself. Thank you for allowing me to be broken (and helping me pick up the pieces). Thank you for helping me navigate single motherhood. More importantly, thank you for NEVER giving up on me.

I love you.