To me, my mom is more than just a mom. She is my very best friend & my will when I don't think I have it in me. I don't just say she is amazing because that's the cliche thing to do, I say it because she really is. 365 days a year she bends over backwards to make my day better anyway she can. If she had to go to the moon & back for me she wouldn't question it. I can't possibly articulate the level of dedication she has, because it surpasses words. After working 15 hour days in her incredibly stressful job as a physician, she comes home to tirelessly give me a massage, fix me dinner, order my medicine, or do 100 other things to make me feel better. She stays up with me until midnight most nights & then still gets up at 5am for work & repeats it over and over never questioning it for a second. Or the days where she spends 6 hours straight in the kitchen to cook & bake an elaborate meal for me since all my food restrictions & allergies means everything down to the whip cream & BBQ sauce must be home made. I don't know I will ever be able to show her how much every ounce of it means to me. Nothing she does goes unnoticed, and I have said from the beginning that I couldn't be fighting this Lyme & pushing myself how I do if it wasn't for her unconditional love & perseverance.
I feel so grateful... That isn't even the right word. I feel honored & utterly blessed to have her as my mom. So for Mother's Day it was really important to me to make her day special. I prayed for nights on end that God could give me a good day to celebrate Mother's Day. I wanted to bake her favorite dessert for her which I knew required an lots of energy. I also knew I would have to get ready for dinner (a huge task in itself), and then have energy afterwards. I knew it was a far stretch considering I'm back on treatment... But I prayed.
And God listened. Granted I was super tired afterwards, but the fact that I did it was HUGE. My mom loved the Tiramusu! And, since my mom never ever stops thinking of others (even on Mother's Day), she made me chocolate covered strawberries & made potato salad I could eat & special turkey burgers. I'm telling you, no matter what day it is she always goes above & beyond to make others happy. Even if it meant cooking on Mother's Day (no rest for her).
Overall I'm just so happy my mom had a good day & that God granted me a nice day to enjoy myself. I know that taking care of me is a full time job. My parents didnt sign up for this mess, but they never questioned being my 24/7 help. And as I keep fighting, it's for them because I want to be better so I can move on with my life & hopefully make them proud. But for now, it's one thing at a time & I know that. I'm just grateful I had a good day. And that's what matters.
As I am chugging along with treatment these days are even more precious. I have got to remember the good memories even in times of turmoil.
Xoxo,
Christina
I feel so grateful... That isn't even the right word. I feel honored & utterly blessed to have her as my mom. So for Mother's Day it was really important to me to make her day special. I prayed for nights on end that God could give me a good day to celebrate Mother's Day. I wanted to bake her favorite dessert for her which I knew required an lots of energy. I also knew I would have to get ready for dinner (a huge task in itself), and then have energy afterwards. I knew it was a far stretch considering I'm back on treatment... But I prayed.
And God listened. Granted I was super tired afterwards, but the fact that I did it was HUGE. My mom loved the Tiramusu! And, since my mom never ever stops thinking of others (even on Mother's Day), she made me chocolate covered strawberries & made potato salad I could eat & special turkey burgers. I'm telling you, no matter what day it is she always goes above & beyond to make others happy. Even if it meant cooking on Mother's Day (no rest for her).
Overall I'm just so happy my mom had a good day & that God granted me a nice day to enjoy myself. I know that taking care of me is a full time job. My parents didnt sign up for this mess, but they never questioned being my 24/7 help. And as I keep fighting, it's for them because I want to be better so I can move on with my life & hopefully make them proud. But for now, it's one thing at a time & I know that. I'm just grateful I had a good day. And that's what matters.
As I am chugging along with treatment these days are even more precious. I have got to remember the good memories even in times of turmoil.
Xoxo,
Christina
Even when I was 4 my mom & I were best friends with matching outfits !
Yummmmy! Lyme diet friendly chocolate covered strawberries. My mom made these & said they were Macy's gift to me (my dog who I consider my child)
The tiramisu was a hit! Yay!
Another reason my mom rocks... A card that "Macy" got me. 100% made my day!
And lastly, I really do think my dog is my child. So Mother's Day went both ways for me this year... Daughter & a mother in one :)
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