Happy Mother's Day

"Making the decision to have a child-its momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." 
--Elizabeth Stone

I didn't want to be too cheesy or sappy this week, but I think it's important to take the time at least once a year to honor our mothers.  I challenge everyone to look at what they have accomplished in their personal and professional lives, and to determine how much of that success they owe in some part to their mother.  The support, encouragement, and faith that our mothers provide allow us to become the best versions of ourselves. 

Now, that's not to say that we don't like to tease them for wearing high-rise tapered jeans, dancing during TV commercial breaks, or being hopeless with the latest DVR, DVD, or TiVo equipment...but we love them anyway!

So in honor of Mother's Day here is our Top 20 List of what our moms have taught us:

20) Never eat yellow snow! (Sam)
19)  To LOVE SPORTS! (Alison)
18) To look for a guy who can be my partner and best friend. (Jocelyn)
17) That anything worth doing is worth doing right. (Laura)
16) Not to smack my lips. (Lindsay)
15) To have a beautiful personality. (Christy G)
14) To never pay full price. (Katie)
13) To find the good in people no matter what the circumstances are. (Sam)
12) How to play tennis. (Lauren)
11) To always use good grammar. (Jocelyn)
10) That to share the gift of knowledge can only have great outcomes. (Elena)
9) To fight for what I believe in. (Katie)
8) To always forgive, be graceful, and remember everything happens for a reason. (Shawn)
7) To be self sufficient and fight your own battles. (Elena)
6) How to manage a classroom! (Lauren)
5) To keep pushing and set my goals and expectations high. (Debbie)
4) If you put forth your best effort and give 100% you can achieve any goal. (Laura)
3) That girls can do anything that boys can do. (Christy O)
2) To be a baseball freak (or Phanatic). (Christy G)
1) That times of struggle only make you stronger. (Shawn)

So thank you to all of our moms.  We love you!  To all the other moms out there, you have the hardest job in the world, and we could not respect you more.  Have a fabulous Mother's Day!