It's the circle, the circle of liiiifee

Today, I was able to spend my mother's day with two of the most important gals in my life: my mom and my grandma. And although I'm not glad of the circumstances that brought us together --my grandma had a stroke so my mom flew in to help--I was especially grateful, on this day of all days, to be able to observe the commitment to motherhood that these women have always had.
Mother's days always leave me waxing a wee bit contemplative, and promising to be more patient and enjoy the journey a little more and worry about the things that don't matter a little less. With examples like these, maybe I'll actually be able to keep that promise.

Please ignore the fact that Riley appears to be (and most likely is) licking my grandma in this photo and that my grandma is also sprouting an arm from her ear. My newly-cut and still-confusing-to-style bangs looked good in this picture, and that's all that really matters.

Hope you all had a great mother's day! I also have to give a shout-out to my hubby for my yummy mother's day breakfast, bookstore gift card, and Sunday nap. Oh yeah. Too bad the next mother's day is an entire year away.