Happy Mother's Day!

Full disclosure: We, Tammi's kids, are not great at Mother's Day. We never forget it, but we don't always fully embrace the day as perhaps Tammi would like. One year, our gifts all arrived late and we didn't even call her on Mother's Day morning, and she was none too happy with us. (Which is always kind of funny, because she's rarely unhappy with us...you know, Saint Tammi.)

But these days, these silly days that we celebrate out of love but also obligation, these days become more important when you begin to count how many of them you will have. We expect many more. But the weight of the counting is great. 

And so this year we celebrated. With a combined 13 hours of driving to get home, with 6 dogs and too much pizza, we celebrated. With gifts of hats and stick on eyebrows, we celebrated. In complete gratitude, we celebrated. 

Happy Mother's Day mom, we love you.

Happy Mother's Day grandma, we would be lost without you.

Happy Mother's Day aunt Vicki, we need your laughter and levity. 

Happy Mother's Day to our mom who has been and is still being the best mom ever, whose strength we can only hope for, whose resilience we pray to own a piece of, whose empathy we couldn't be us without. And Happy Mother's Day to the women who hold her up through this time. We are greater because of you. And the world is greater because of you. And our gratitude overflows. 

Happy Mother's Day, mom. Thanks for being ours.