Happy Mother's Day to all of you. This is the first mother's day that I don' t have at least one of my children around, but son #2 did send me flowers-first time from any of my kids....
Im thankful that my mom is still with us...she is one AMAZING person. She looks like she is going to live FOREVER (I know its a dream). She and my dad immigrated to the States in 1972 from Paraguay South America. all their possesions and two kids in tow and with $60 in their pocket, thank God she and dad knew the language but the dream of being an attorney (dad) here in the US was not to be, he and mom had to find work. Dad worked in a restaurant washing dishes and mom got a job in an accounting company...anything to try to keep a roof over my brother and my head. She became pregnant with my sister at that time as well. How hard it was for her, in a foreign country without her family and not knowing anybody except her sister in NC. She and dad sent us away to NC to my aunts for the summer so that they could get a place to live and set up a home. We lived in DC for a while then moved to Woodbridge VA and that is where they still are. Mom is an incredible woman and I could not be the person I am without her relentless spirit of NEVER GIVING UP
My mom has a pioneering spirit and has taught me that anything is possible and nothing lasts forever except one thing DEATH! (Plus she has been married to my dad for 50 years--and that is saying something
I think that is what has given me so much strength that she did what was required but had the courage to bring her family togethert and out of the place that would surely not be as wonderful as the US. I thank her for so much wisdom, patience, frogiving nature, loving and courage to accept and bloom where you place yourself..