Happy Birthday Moma :: Top Ten Tuesday
Posted by Alli on August 11, 2009
Today is my mom’s 60th birthday. I feel badly that I can’t be there to help her celebrate this momentous occasion (momentous because it is a birthday that ends in 0) or bake her a cake. But she would say we shouldn’t eat the cake, so never mind. Instead, I give you my Top Ten Tuesday list.
Top Ten Things My Mom Rocks:
1. Music. All my life music has been a part of our family and it is because my mom is an excellent piano player, singer, and lover of music.
2. Travel. She and my dad are a great match for each other because of their love of travel and trying new things. I hope she gets to come on some trips with me and the boys in the future. (Disclaimer: when I say travel, I mean once she gets there. She has to take a Xanax to fly anywhere.)
3. Reading. My mom was very patient (or so it seemed) with me in getting me into reading. She loves to read and I’m so happy to enjoy reading because of her. I love it when she reads to Fuller.
4. Clothes. Ok, this one is kind of hard for me to admit. Mainly because I was an awful teenager who was simultaneously borrowing her clothes and making faces at the clothes she was buying me. But, there are some things she said to me growing up that have stuck with me and I try to put into practice today.
5. Celebration. She doesn’t like to celebrate her own milestones, but she always made an effort to celebrate ours. She would always send me an excellent birthday box when I was in college, complete with cake, icing, and candles. It was a highlight of college.
6. Cooking. My mom is an amazing cook. I’m still day dreaming about the spicy pork dish she made my first dinner out of the hospital after Tebow was born. She really puts on a show when it comes to making meals for holidays and get togethers. She did most of the food for our wedding.
7. Calligraphy. Moma does such exquisite calligraphy. She is quite the artist and I hope she is able to do even more of it in the future. I’m sure the reason I have good handwriting is because she taught me some calligraphy basics.
8. Teacher. Currently my mom is working as an ESL adjunct professor. She taught me and my sisters at home for two years. When I was in high school she taught at three different institutions (Catholic School, prison, and on base continuing education classes). She has a gift for teaching.
9. Mother. As her daughter, I can say she rocks being a mom. Sure, there were moments when I was growing up when I didn’t think that. But now that I am a mom, I can see how great of a mom she was and continues to be.
10. Daughter of God. My mother is an excellent model of a Christian woman. I admire her love for the Lord and the way she seeks Him for guidance and wisdom.
Happy Birthday Moma! Hope we can be together next year.
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