for my mother. for my sister

mother's day this year was spent at st. george to hang out as a family and watch the ironman. the weather was a perfect 90 degrees which changed my skin color from a bright ivory to a crimson red. saying no to sunscreen may have been a bad idea. i'm hoping the red fades off into a brown similar to my other dark skinned family members. more likely i'll just peel off and return to my vampire color again. this weekend was a wonderful gettaway spent with my very favorite people. the ironman was something amazing to see, those atheletes are really something else. it's inspired me to start doing triathlons instead of just running. maybe someday i'll work up to a half ironman. the other great part of the weekend was celebrating my mother. i don't have the right words to express my love for her. she has been everything a girl could want in a mom. she is my support, she is an example of the mother i yearn to be in the future. i'm grateful every day that i get to keep her for eternity. i love you mom. my sister does also deserve some wonderful praise for the mother she is. also an example for what i would like to become. but she has learned from the best after all. anyone who knows me knows how much i crave to be a mother myself. it's something i dream of every day and pray about every night. it will happen when the time is right, and when it does i hope to have a little piece of my mom and sister. happy mothers day to you both. no one deserves it more than you.

to my mother