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Happy Mother's Day!

I want to dedicate this post to my mom, for everything she's done for me - I hadn't realized until I had my own daughter what exactly it was like for my mom. All the work she did, all the love she gave, I feel like I'm experiencing my childhood through my mom's eyes sometimes. It makes me really appreciate her in a new way!

Did you know she homeschooled me? That is a lot of work, let me tell you! And she took me to figure skating lessons, instilled a love of reading classic literature, and pushed me to go to college. Because of my mom's pushing me in a good direction, I completed my degree in Medical Transcription and can now work at home and be with my little girl. I am so thankful for that!

I thought I would share some photos from my childhood:

This is my mom, Jan. :-) When she was about my age.

This is me when I was a baby... (1983)

My dad and me

Me and my sister

And I can't leave my grandma out of this post because she's my other mother, someone who I love dearly and appreciate as well. I have wonderful memories of spending the night at her house when I was little and waking to the delightful aromas of bacon, eggs, pancakes, sausage, you name it! I love you, grandma. :-)

My grandma Elda

Yesterday was the day I celebrated Mother's Day with my mom. We got together and went to a tea store nearby - it was awesome! They had all kinds of teas, both loose-leaf and regular bags, and everything you can think of that relates to tea including tea pots, tea cozies, even vintage children's tea sets. There is even a special area where you can try three different kinds of tea (they change it every day) - you get a special tea cup as well as cookie samples! It was so much fun. My mom bought two kinds of loose-leaf tea: Creme Broulet (I have no idea how that is spelled and am too lazy to Google it, lol) and Jasmine. I didn't buy any (to my husband's disappointment), but my favorites are Oolong and Chai - yummm!

We also went to Whole Foods and ate there - no, not free samples (though we could have filled up on cheeses and olives, lol). We tried their healthy pizzas. I had no idea you could get a huge slice of pizza for such a good price! We ended up splitting one. We got two special bottled drinks and a slice of pizza each for under $7. And I was prepared to spend a lot more, lol. I guess we're both happy with simple, which is good. :-)

Oh and me? What did I get for Mother's Day? I'm glad you asked! A little card from Jaedyn and two bags of Dove dark chocolate from my husband - isn't that sweet? :-) I was thrilled, lol.


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How did you spend Mother's Day?

Did your husband do anything for you on your first Mother's Day ever?

What's your favorite tea?

Thank you sooo much for sharing this post! :-)