101 Things I Love About My Mother

I love….

1. Her thirst for travel
2. Her ability to talk to anyone
3. Her fearless attitude toward adventure
4. Her laugh
5. Her strength
6. Her resilience
7. Her bond with my daughter
8. The way she can connect with other people
9. Her always super soft skin
10. Her sense of humor
11. Her motivation
12. Her cooking without recipes
13. Her wittiness
14. Her knowledge about natural remedies
15. Her love for zip-up fleece vests… haha
16. Angie
17. Her willingness to always kick someone’s ass for me, lucky she has never had to 😉   …yet.
18. That she was the first mate on the Nina
19. That she raised tigers
20. That she can be happy in luxury or a hole in a hill
21. Her green thumb
22. How when I need her, she is there
23. How she is always looking for a way to help others
24. How she can whip up a feast in 10 minutes when you think the cupboards are bare
25. Her honesty
26. That she has everything but needs nothing
27. How some of her awesomeness rubbed off onto me
28. Her creative side
29. Her handmade pottery
30. Her beauty, inside and out
31. How she bribes my daughter with Jelly Beans
32. How she will not put up with crap from anyone, ever
33. That I know she always has my back
34. How she gets along with my friends
35. How forgiving she is
36. Her stories, she should write a book – seriously, Ma
37. How she listens to what her dreams are telling her
38. That she believes in the other side
39. The way she dances, arms and all 😉
40. That she knows how to sail
41. How she can tie knots that will not come undone
42. Card night
43. Her magnetic personality
44. How she loves to have a good time
45. How we have the same feet
46. How we both have the same wrinkly palms too
47. Our shared love for Asian food, Mexican food, Seafood and pretty much all food
48. How she supports me and my family
49. How she comments on every single blog post of mine
50. That even when she lived far away, I still felt close to her
51. That she moved back to MN
52. Enjoying apps and wine with her
53. How she helped my daughter learn her colors
54. That she does not give up
55. That she respects my opinions
56. That she always sides with my husband (jk… dislike!) But I do like that they have a good relationship
57. That she kayaks
58. That she can rig fishing poles up like a pro
59. That she knows how to do almost everything (at least it seems that way to me)
60. Her thriftiness
61. Her helpfulness with the family
62. Her love for animals
63. That she is not afraid of bugs, specifically spiders
64. That she eats off of tiny plates but will have 5 servings, cracks me up
65. That she is comfortable in her own skin
66. That she tells it like it is
67. Her intuitiveness
68. That we have 4 generations of Geminis
69. That she was a young mother
70. Our tightknit family
71. That she kept the subs in the car and occasionally enjoys rap music… grandma
72. That she admits her weaknesses
73. How she got me interested in homeopathy
74. Her generosity
75. Her optimism
76. Her bluntness
77. How I can tell her ANYTHING and I mean anything
78. How she pronounces Twitter “Tweeter” and WiFi “WeeFee”
79. How handy she is
80. Her blue eyes
81. That she has friends all over the world
82. That her friends are from all different walks of life
83. Her wild side
84. Her one of a kind qualities
85. How she makes hard tasks look so easy
86. How on April 27^th, 2005 she did not give up
87. How at her weakest moment, she was still positive
88. How we know firsthand Reiki works
89. Our connection
90. That we are Gemini’s
91. Kisses for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday… remember?
92. How good she is at Scrabble
93. Her hospitality
94. Her jerk chicken
95. Making gingerbread cookies
96. Talking to her every day
97. What a hard worker she is
98. Her healthy habits
99. Her uniqueness
100. Our friendship
101. That she is my mother

I love you, Mom!

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