Mommy

My mom is cute. She is amazing. She is cooler than a lot of mom's out there and I'm not just saying that because she is MY mom. I'm pretty sure everyone who meets her likes her immediately and that's probably because she treats everyone exactly the same. There aren't any favorites or societal hang ups and if there were, you would never be able to tell. She doesn't classify people or describe them in a way that really let's you know WHAT they are, but WHO they are, whether that paints them as nice or not. She is honest and kind and funny.

Recent phone calls with her have prompted this post. I will share them with you, as well as some of my other favorite things about my mom.

Yesterday morning (around 7:30am) I called her while I was driving into work. I do this pretty often as she is already at work. She picked up her phone and the first thing she said was "It's Christmas here!" No hello - just that. This confused me until she proceeded to tell me that it was the day of their office Christmas party (she works for the government) and that she had already received lots of gifts and the party wasn't until the afternoon. She then told me about all the presents she got - including a light-up crochet hook and a teapot. The tone in her voice while she was telling me all of this just made me laugh. She was in the best mood and was SO excited by the thoughtful and fun gifts her co-workers had chosen for her. She also mentioned that she felt bad because she didn't expect gifts from a lot of people who gave them to her and that she'll have to make more gifts for people next year. I told her she sounded like a five-year-old on Christmas morning.

Just now, I got a phone call from her. Again there was no hello - and she was calling me. She just whispered. The entire conversation was in an excited whisper. It was kind of hard for me to understand - but I think I got the gist of it. My mom was recently promoted. Until now, she was not sure of what that meant in terms of salary. Well, today she found out her pay raise AND her bonus and we'll just say they are more than generous sums. And frankly, she deserves it. I don't know anyone who works as hard as my mom. Still, it made me laugh as we had a whispered, secret conversation about money over the phone. Why did I whisper back? haha. She was so excited and I love it when she is happy and when people recognize and reward her for all the hard work she does.

I've always admired my mom. She is the type of mom who opens her house to whoever you invite over and welcomes everyone like they are family. She used to send me packages while I was at school and would include small gifts or candy for my roommates on holidays - even the roommates who were mean to me. haha. She isn't afraid to say what she thinks, but she is careful to say things in a way that won't hurt people's feelings. She is sneaky funny. That's someone who isn't really the center of attention or intentionally trying to entertain, but then just comes out of nowhere and really makes you laugh. It's sneaky because you don't expect it.

So anyway, I just had to make sure that was out there. My mom is the coolest.