My mom is a warrior princess, my grandmother is the queen.

Happy Mother's Day!

Once I start talking about how abnormally amazing my mom is, I can't stop. 

Here's the condensed version:

She is a saint. 

She is a miracle worker, a doctor, a therapist, an expert halloween costume fashion designer, a gourmet chef, an adventurer, a musician, a chauffeur, a coach, an organizer, a terrific coordinator, a conflict and resolution expert/mediator, an artist, a book keeper, a teacher, a listener, a moral compass, and a best friend.

When I was little we used to 'get stuck' in hugs and just not let each other go. It's kind of like that whenever I leave the Kauai airport to go home now... we just 'get stuck' and try not to cry.

Oh mother, I'm just so dumb happy and lucky to be your daughter.

...I also downright adore my grandmother.

She is the queen... the matriarch... the fairy godmother.

The first obvious reason I have for adoring her is that she brought my mom into this world.

But my grandmother is a rock-star in her own right. 

She's one of those adorable grannies that always has cookies  and hot tea in a pot on hand waiting to serve you. She's also a story teller and a champion of very many things. Let's just say I learn more from her every week than I do in most of my classes.

And because my mom is 3,000 miles away on this Mother's Day [which is blasphemous], I got to spend the day with the queen! [Which, obviously, I am not unhappy about!!]

Does she not look like a queen? We went to 'church' at RSI and then to lunch at her favorite little chicken pot pie shop, which was hilariously pleasant!

I love moms! Happy Mother's day!