happy mama's day.

excuse my recent absence from the blogger sphere...i've been wrapped up in enjoying the last few fleeting moments of my illustrious college career. bittersweet times for sure but i've been having a blast so i embrace them. alas i digress...

today is/was mother's day so i wish a happy mother's day to each and every mother out there. i find it funny that this day is so "special" because we should embrace our mothers [and fathers] every day for enabling our lives...quite a daunting task, to state the obvious. anyhow, i love my mama...period. you should love yours as well...if not every day at least today. my mother's always gone to the the farthest extremes to look out for my well being and make me happy. what more can you ask from any given individual? i can't think of anything that can top that feat. as i get older i appreciate her more and more for what she has done, what she will continue to do, and who she has made me. i owe her a lot, more than any hallmark card can say and any hand-picked rose can mean. as a matter of fact i didn't even get anything of the sort for my mother today, i know she could care less about those sort of things and is more elated with my mere presence than anything else. she's truly an angel and there is nothing i wouldn't do for her. i thank her for allowing me to go to art school and do what brings me joy amidst any notion of skepticism she might have hid from me as i started this journey...the pinnacle of it being her immediate tears when she saw me at my senior art show. on numerous occasions my mother has randomly told me she's proud of me and i always respond with, "i haven't done anything worthy of that yet." however, i've reflected and looked at the path i've traveled. i realize it's not the most typical and sometimes it's the things i don't do and the paths i don't follow that can make her proud. but don't you worry mama, i'm gunna' do something to make you really proud one day...it probably won't occur tomorrow, this year, or maybe even in the next five, but i know it will...i have faith in myself and the blessings you've graciously gifted me. i love you with every piece of my heart, mama-bear...happy mother's day.