Thank you, dear Mama ‘o mine.  For being a cheerleader, for being an unfailing optimist, and for being the most thoughtful person I know.  Thank you for being someone I really, really like (in addition to love!)- it’s so authentic to call you my friend.

Thanks for the late night (and early morning) talks about the important, non-important and everything in between.

Thanks for showing me what strength and priorities are, all through the incredible example you have always set.  You are the most incredible mother a girl could ask for.

Cheers to you today…and tomorrow and always!

*(This picture of Venice felt appropriate- Venice was one of the best trips my Mom and I took together.  Not a day goes by that I don’t crave that seafood masterpiece we devoured after getting lost among the canals…)