HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!

Dear Mom,

I keep this photo on the wall in my room. Looking at you helps me understand myself...

I was raised by a woman who was madly in love with a spy, endured six children, herded her brood from country to country, bought me both a ventriloquist's dummy and my first guitar, sent me to clown school, made sure I got my Eagle, got me to church every sunday, and taught me how to sew, cook, dress and fix my hair. All the while with a busted up, impossibly painful, mutinous lower back.

Mostly though, I was raised by a woman who found ways to leave her own demons behind, slowly, one by one, until in my mind she came to embody LOVE. Love for her husband. Love for her God. Love for her family. Love for me.

Anything in me of worth, beauty, or grace I owe to you. All things I still lack, I look to your example for inspiration. They say there is nothing like a mother's love. I say there is nothing like MY mother's love.

Happy Mothers Day!

All my love,

Matt