wonderful ladies...

Today was a great great great day.

Tea for Two was perfect. It was a chance to spend time with my wonderful mom and to meet all my friends' moms as well. I love Meredith College so much for its traditions and the importance placed on showing the people in our lives how much we love them. Today was just a fun day for my mom and me!

Tomecca, the director of Commuter Life and Diversity Programs at MC, spoke at the brunch today and she asked us to share with our mothers (or mother figures) how much they mean to us. I think my mom and I know how important we are to each other, despite the arguments and bickering that may take place at times. We really didn't need that opportunity to share our feelings with one another, but the questions Tomecca placed really got me thinking.



While today was wonderful in that it was a chance to spend time with my mom, it was also pretty rough because it was Garrett's birthday. In his family, birthdays have always been a big deal because it is an excuse to get the entire family together including siblings, siblings' significant others, and grandparents. It was very tough for me knowing that I was not able to spend today with a family I love so much and who has been so important to me over the past several years. I especially had a hard time knowing that Garrett's Gran--a woman who has been especially important to me--is having major surgery this coming week to make sure that her cancer has not spread elsewhere in her body.

The questions Tomecca asked me this morning were especially significant to me because they got me thinking about all the important women in my life. My mom, my aunts, my grandmothers, my friends, my teachers and professors, the staff members at Meredith, the women at church, and the many other women who have touched my life. Gran is one of those women, and she has really been in my thoughts over the past few weeks.

After spending a day with so many important women and being that Gran is having surgery this week, I decided to write her a letter. Well, I bawled, and I really did realize how difficult it is going to break up with Garrett's family--let alone break up with him. I know it will be extremely difficult, but I want to maintain that relationship somehow. Time will definitely need to be considered in restarting that relationship, but I think that it will be something important for me to do. For my own sake.

Well, I think that's enough for tonight. Make sure the women in your life really know how much you treasure them.

"I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
all the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
and you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
and you always give more then you take."
- Rascal Flatts