The Greatest Grandi

Sunday afternoon my SWEET MOTHER came over for her

64th Birthday Party !!

(she might not want me to say that)

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It is so fun for me to get to have

a PARTY for my mother.
My birthday is on January 1st and

I have always NOT SO MUCH enjoyed that date.

When I was young everyone was out of town

on my birthday, or their parents were hung over

from the night before, or they were just plain broke from Christmas.
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BUT.... my mom always made sure I felt special on my birthday.
In fact... when I was a really little girl I used to think they
had a tv parade for me since I didn't get to have a party.
(I'm not sure if my mother planted that idea in my head
that the NEW Year's Parade was for me....
or if I just came up with that on my own. )
But... I thought that for years and years.. haha

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So... for me to get to give a tiny bit of JOY
back to my mom ON HER BIRTHDAY...
was the best part of my DAY.
Of all the people in the world who have come and gone
throughout my life..... ONE PERSON has always been there
to support me, to hold my hand, to love my children,
to dry my tears, give me advice, to call me EVERYDAY,
to show anyone who would look... a wallet full of pictures,
to hold my hair out of my face when I was sick,
to cheer for me no matter what I was doing,
to feed me countless FAVORITE meals,
and most of all to make me feel that I was the
absolute GREATEST kid in this entire WORLD.
That person is MY MOMMA..
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This whole family is better just for having known her.
AND forever blessed because she has chosen us to LOVE.
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SO..... to the ONE and ONLY 64 year old woman
who does not have a SINGLE wrinkle
because she never goes out in the sun
(and never had an ounce of plastic surgery)
I want you to know how very much you are LOVED..
NO one in this family would be where they are
without YOU !!!!
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I only wish for my children that I can
MATTER to them as much as
my MOMMA Matters to me.
To truly LOVE is the only gift
I can think of... that you GIVE....
and by giving it, you get back more than you've been given.
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"The moment a child is born,
The mother is also born.
She never existed before.
The woman existed, but the MOTHER never.
And from that moment on
NEITHER of them will ever be the same."
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May we never forget the unbelievable power
that one woman can have in our lives...
Make sure to make it worth remembering!!