As I’m sure you are all aware – yesterday was Mother’s Day. Like many other son’s and daughter’s, we scheduled our day around visiting with Ryan’s mom and my mom. I consider myself very blessed to have such a wonderful mother!

When I was growing up, I was a brainiac (always had my nose in my books), actively involved in many extra curricula’s and quite busy with 4-H. All of which my mom took a role in helping me with. Mom and Dad both always encouraged me to educate myself and to challenge myself to learn more. It’s why I loved school! Learning is fun to me and I’m really quite good at it…. I think I got those smarty pants genes from my parents.

In 4-H I always was working on art projects – sketching, photography, clay, etc. When I was younger I often would find myself frustrated because my mom was a very realistic critic. My projects always need some more refinement, some more work, there was always something more I should do to improve them. At the time it was hard because I felt like my projects were never good enough, but now I see that my mom was just pushing me to improve myself and preparing for the harsh world of criticism that often exists in the art world. Her constant encouragement and support has enabled me to make it where I am today. To be able to keep moving forward and trusting in myself to reach that next level of artistry and skill.

So even though I said this yesterday I’ll say it again… Happy Mother’s Day mom! I love you more than you know!

Happy Belated Mother’s Day to all the other mom’s out there too! And have a magnificent Monday!

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