Moms

I am very fortunate in that my mom is not only the best mom, but one of my best friends.  I can honestly say that I don't think I ever went through that common teenager phase of hating my mom either.  Don't get me wrong, we fought and we still get in arguments, but they never lasted more than a day (my mom may feel differently :) ).

Yesterday, I was driving home and singing to the radio and a song came on that just had me completely in tears.  I can't even remember what the song was.  I just started thinking that, "Oh my gosh.  My grandma (mom's mom), died when my mom was 18 and was very sick for quite a while before that."  My grandma never saw my mom graduate from nursing school, and later get her BS degree.  She never got to meet any of us grand kids.  Any time my mom just needed to vent to her mom, she couldn't.  Any time she wanted to share some amazing news, she couldn't. 

And I just thought how incredibly fortunate I am that my mom is still here.  My mom is always one of the first people I call whether it's good news or bad.  She always sets me straight and tells me how it is.  She has the biggest heart.  And she truly has sacrificed so much for all three of us (dad too - I don't want to leave him out).  And there is no one else who will play endless games of Skipbo with me :)

Not telling our family and close friends has been one of the hardest things about this pregnancy.  I know that it will come soon enough...Easter is just around the corner.  But it's so hard for me to grasp that my mom never got to see the joy on her mom's face when she found out she was pregnant.  But my mom is here and I know she's going to be so incredibly excited when she does finally find out.

She's going to be the best Babushka ever ;)  I think it should stick, right mom?? :)

Edited: My mom informed me that Babushka means scarf in Polish.  Apparently I meant "Busha" or something like that :)  Oops!