birthday love.

Happy Birthday to my Mom! For those of us lucky enough to love her personally we all know how committed, loyal, intelligent, thoughtful, and caring she is. Living from a distance, there are things now that I miss and appreciate all the more about her. How selfless and giving she has been to her children. How curious and driven she is in conversations and reading. How interested and inquisitive she is about other people. Her sense of history and relationships. Her roots in the south, history in the east, and life in the west. Her love of travel and NPR. Her background in politics but her mission in ministry. My Mom is just so layered and interesting. As her daughter, I am forever grateful for it all...

So, Happy Birthday Mom with much love and wishes for the year to come!