Today is my mom’s birthday! She’s great, she’s cooky, and she is the one who pushed me to be an artist. I was scared to actually go to school and learn how to art and she’s the one who kicked me in the butt to do it. Thanks mom. You’re wonderful and amazing and I love you.

My wonderful mother in law, who is the best most generous mother in law I could ever ask for, is having some serious surgery today and will be out of commission for a while. Let’s all hope that everything goes well and she can walk soon afterwards.