Happy Mother's Day

Since it's Mother's Day, I thought I would share a few little facts about my mom so you can have the pleasure of knowing her too!


Earliest Memory of my Mom:

It would actually have to be of her feet. I have vivid memories of looking down at them while I sat in the shopping cart as she walked through the Met in Woodstock.

Another early memory would also be when I was about 4 or 5 years old and as I ran through the garden toward the field behind our house, I notified her that I was running away, to which she replied, “Ok” and then went back inside the house. Reverse psychology at its finest.

One of my Favourite Memories:

When she came to my junior high during career week to talk about being a hair stylist. One of the most popular girls in the school came up to me at the end of the day to tell me how interesting and cool my mom was. It was perhaps the only time in junior high I was cool too.

And a more recent memory was just a couple summers ago when we visited Hirtle Beach. It was fun watching her walk around with her camera and play in the sand. Her spirit looked so free.

Her best quality:

She has many but I definitely love her laugh. And her heart. She has a HUGE heart and often wears it on her sleeve (in fact, she’s probably crying in the computer room right now as she reads this.) 


One thing everyone knows about her:

What an amazing cook she is. (And she will tell you that Grandma Stevenson taught her everything she knows!)

What I respect the most about her:

There are many things but I would have to say her commitment to her faith, especially since she lives in a world where people tell you you shouldn’t believe.

Something I’m proud of her for:

One moment in particular was when she graduated from the hair academy back in the early 80's and she won the top prize for marks. I also remember one of her fellow graduates reading a poem about what a good hair hairdresser she was but that she was also very slow. The only part of the poem I can recall is that it ended with “…but please pick up your speed” and then they presented her with a little turtle. Even though I was very young at the time, I remember thinking that she must be pretty special for someone to write a poem about her.

Three things she has taught me:

(Too numerous to choose just three, but here’s a few…)

1. You make your bed, you lay in it.
2. Everything seems better when your house is clean.
3. How to hug.


Three things she has done to make me a better person:

1. Told me when I was 15 that if I wanted new clothes, I had to earn my own money.
2. Loved me unconditionally when I was 14.  (She says I had an attitude.)
3. Starting her own business. (I learned A LOT from watching her do that.)

A few things that I probably never said thank you for:

1. All the pretty dresses she made sure I had for various events (many of which she made herself).
2. When she (and Dad) let me go to Montreal for graduation.
3. In high school when I had a broken heart, she sat on my floor for about three days to keep me company.  And then when it was time, she gave me the best "pick yourself up and move on" pep talk ever.  So I did.  :)

So glad we got to...    

1. go to Las Vegas together.
2. take a girls' vacation to Cuba with Donna and Karen.
3. take dance classes together.

Something I value that only she and I shared:

Our time spent together in her salon. Those countless hours in her chair was "our" time when we would chat, discuss life and on a few occasions work out issues between us that needed to be addressed. (Mind you in retrospect, I probably should have thought that last point through a bit better considering she was the one with scissors. :)

Three things I hope she knows about me:

1. How much I love her.
2. How proud I am of her for all that she has accomplished and for who she is.
3. I have an independent spirit because of her independent spirit.

What I love about her the most:

That’s she’s MY mommy!




Happy Mother’s Day Mom! I love you,

Tam xoxoxo