In honor of our mothers

Hey! How's everyone doing?! Hope you all had a lovely weekend, and enjoyed your Mother's Day. I was lucky enough to be with my mom for the weekend, which is always nice since I don't live as close to my parents as I would like.

In fact, I got to spend the while weekend with family and friends in both Boston and Maine. Saturday was my grandmother's memorial service in Maine, and it was wonderful to be there, not only to support the family and my mom and aunt on particular, but to celebrate the life of such a remarkable lady. Two generations of mothers were honored this past weekend! 

It was nice to be home for Mother's Day for a change, too. That hasn't been the case for a couple of years now, and I know it meant a lot to Mom to have both kiddos home to celebrate. My mother is the strongest, classiest, most intelligent and kind woman that I know. I am so lucky to be her daughter, and to get to continue to learn from her. Thanks, Mom: just for being you. 

As I bide my time on this bus ride back to NYC, I can't help but think how lucky I am to have such a loving, close family who supports each other unequivocally. Even though my family might not always understand why I have the goals and aspirations that I do, and while they may question some of my food choices (my mom turns green at the thought of putting kale in a smoothie!), they love me because and despite of it all! And truth be told: what more of our families can we really ask for?!