The Best Mom Ever

This post is dedicated to my wonderful mother. I know it's a bit late, but it doesn't really have to be Mother's day for me to appreciate my mom. My mom is a great woman and seriously the best mother I could have asked for. I wouldn't be the person that I am today if it weren't for her. To prove that to you all and tell you how just how amazing my mom is here are my top 10 reasons that I love my mom.

1. She gave birth to me, she gave me life. This kinda goes without saying, but still, I appreciate it.
   


2. She gave me my good looks. Just take a look. You have to admit it, we're both extremely attractive.
   



3. She read to me when I was younger. My siblings and I used to sit and listen to my mom read to us. She would read books like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, not just children's books. And if the books ever had songs in them she would make up her own tune and sing the songs to us too. She's amazing. I loved sitting there and listening to my mom read and it instilled in me a love of books. I love to read, it's one of my favorite pastimes. She also taught me to love Pride and Prejudice, the book and the movies.



4. She taught me the joys of shopping and how to shop. When ever I'm upset or depressed, buying something seriously makes me so much happier. It really doesn't matter what it is. I spent a lot of time shopping for groceries with my mom. To this day I still walk through the grocery store the same way my mom did. I've even perfected the correct speed for shopping. When I was younger I walked much more quickly than my mom did but, I practiced keeping pace with my mom and now I can walk slowly like all other good shoppers. The slower walk gives you the chance to see any and every item that is available for purchase. :)



5. She taught me how to cook. I love cooking and experimenting with different meals and I owe that in part to my mother. She would always have me helping her in the kitchen and I watched and learned from her.



6. She taught me to love math. I was home schooled so my mother was my teacher and I remember sitting down one day to work on my math and I really didn't want to do it and my mom said to me, "You can either love math or you can hate it. If you hate it, you still have to do it, so you might as well love it." From that day on I decided to love math, and even though sometimes I didn't LOVE it, my optimistic attitude and that decision to try and love math got me to where I am today. Because of my mom I do love math and was able to become an engineer.



7. She taught me to be sassy and how to get my way. If you know my mom, you know it's impossible to win a fight with her. This may not really sound like a good thing, but hear me out. I learned how to make a good argument from my mom. She taught me you need more than one good argument on your side, 3 or more is best. This comes in very handy when writing persuasive papers, and also when trying to get your way. And having a believable argument makes you feel like you're always right, which makes up the sassy part of my personality. If it weren't for my mom, I wouldn't be the sassy, persuasive person that I am today.
   
   
8. I love that I can go to my mom with all my medical problems. My mom loves reading medical books and dictionaries. When ever I have a problem I can go to my mom and she'll have some ideas about what my problem could be or what's causing it. And she makes me feel validated for being worried about the simplest things by diagnosing me with some kind of cancer. I might be a hypochondriac.
   
   
9. She taught me the gospel. We read scriptures and prayed together as a family every day when I was young. My mom taught me how important the gospel is. She taught me to pray. I am so grateful to her for teaching me about the gospel and helping me to live righteously.
   
   
10. She taught me how to be a mom. Now, I don't have any kids of my own yet, so I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty confident I'm going to be a great mother. My mom taught me how to be a parent and how to teach children. She's a great example to me of what a good mother should do and if I follow what she taught me, I hope I can be just as good of a mother as she is. Who knows, maybe soon I'll be able to try out some of those skills. I only hope that some day a list as good as this can be written about me.
    
    

Happy Mother's day, Mom. I love you!