I'm never very good at getting things in the mail in time for Mother's Day (often I beg my brother to just sign my name to his flowers.....). But this year I have more of an excuse than most years.
So, a semi-public thanks to my mom for helping me become the type of person who is brave/adventurous/foolhardy enough to haul her family half-way across the world for the summer. Who thinks figuring out trams and metros and fending off pick-pockets and drunks is challenging, not intimidating. Who thinks pointing at menus in foreign languages and eating whatever comes is fun (Oh, wait - that was from Dad). Who will haul her kids through churches and art galleries (and buy them ice cream before they sit down on the curb and refuse to go any further!). Who for her own Mother's Day is going to take her family to her favorite ice cream stand on an island in the middle of the Vltava, then ride the funicular up Petrin Hill for a great view of Old Prague.
So, thanks for all the adventures and love and education that has helped me become the person I am! I wish you were here to have some adventures with us!
And for your present this year I'm NOT posting the only picture of you that I have on this computer (sleeping in your chair with your dog and cats perched all over you.) Instead I'll put up your newest (and dare I say most-trouble making?) child.
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