They love us before they even meet us…

They witness our first smiles, put in sleepless nights and endless worry for our wellbeing,

They share our greatest joys, our accomplishments, our biggest falls and love us unconditionally.

They put up with our instinct to not cooperate for the “nice family picture” they want…

They are the pillars of our families, the laugh when we need it, the warm hug and love when we need that, too.

To all the moms out there – the strong moms, single moms, step-moms, adopted moms, dog moms, moms of one and moms of many, grand and great grand moms, and all the moms who have come before us…

Thank you for giving us life, showing us what true self sacrifice means and for the countless hours that no one sees that you dedicated to making us great.

I’m especially talking about my mom. I love you!