One for my momma

I am lucky enough to be the owner of one badass Mom.  There won't be flowers, cards, or gifts in honor of her day this year, sorry Mom, maybe I'll buy you a shirt that says, "It's mother's day and all I got was a stupid blog".

This journey of mine has not be easy, especially for her, our daily commute home conversations have come to a halt, my visits home filled with food and lauhging at bad TV are temporarily put on hold, and her knowledge of my where abouts are limited.  Our communication is limited by money, 5 hour time differences, and an ocean....we now have only skype, email, and this blog.  To get daily updates, she has to log on and read about my day, my drunkin' nights, and much more about my boyfriends penis than she cares to know.....

Despite many years trying to be unlike her and a ton of effort to live an opposite life, I would be very lucky to be half as strong or amazing.  I have her to thank for exactly where I am right now.  So Ma, thanks for:

• Showing me Gone with the Wind, every year for as long as I can remember:  Scarlett O'Hara is quite a role model to many men's dismay
• Spending countless hours making sure every dress for every prom, gala, and dance made my boobs look spectacular!
• Listening for hours about my plans for world domination and minions
• Not forcing me to into a tutu or a brownie uniform year after year
• Teaching me the importance of using my power for good
• Allowing me to be reckless, wild, and loud...well at least sometimes
• Being wild, very loud, and inappropriate....
• Bantering about boys and sex with me and my friends
• Journeying to Graceland
• Buttering each piece of bread we ever ate and making 3 kinds of stuffing each Turkey day
• Continuing to try to teach me how to 'just be', pick my battles, and use my power for good....one day I will get it!
• Cleaning up after each tornado I left in my path, even now an ocean away I know you are finding bobby pins and disasters
• Supporting every sport, relationship (except one but that was crap anyway!), dream, and fleeting obsession no matter how silly or seemingly impossible

I wish I could be there today to watch movies, talk, and snack...all while nursing a hangover I would most likely  have had.  But because you taught me anything is possible I am an ocean away doing something I have always dreamed of doing.  Thanks for making me strong and independent, I know you gave up a lot so I would end up here....

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moon light......