Love One Another: Thanksvember 5

Today I am thankful for my mom. Things weren't always easy, but somehow we always managed to get through. And now, she is one of my best friends. I know that I can call her any time just to talk & she's going to be there. She has been an immense encouragement to me too, especially the past few years.

My mom is one of the most awesome people you will ever be lucky enough to meet. She is unique and absolutely insane - I inherited that from her. I could not have chosen a better person to be my mom.

There are a few funny things we do, out of love and tradition, to each other that make our relationship unique. For instance, my grandmother (her mom) would text us anytime she would eat at Arby's, just to share the love. Eventually, the texts became picture messages of the delicious sandwich she was about to devour. After my grandmother passed, my mother and I went to Arby's for lunch to honor Grandma's memory. I think it was that moment that we decided the tradition would continue to war with us. So from then on, every time one of us eats at Arby's, we send a picture to the other to let them know we love them and are eating Arby's, and sometimes Denny's too. (If anyone has ever done this to you, then you know that it infuriates you because then all you want is what they are eating!) The funny thing is, that when my husband and I go to eat at Arby's he reminds me to text her!

Another thing we do, that most people would find weird, is every time we pass a Pepsi truck or factory we yell, "Catch the wave, Pepsi!" and do the wave. This usually startles everyone else in the car and makes for a good laugh. We are die-hard Pepsi drinkers until Jesus comes.

My mom is not a cookie-cutter mom, and she has a testimony that only God can receive glory for. You'll never meet another person like her and I am so glad that she is my mom.