Happy Birthday Mommy!!

I wanted to take this opportunity to wish my beautiful mommy the happiest of birthdays!! She\’s my real twin, so that means she\’s only turning 25 today! 😉 I feel like I haven\’t talked about my mom too much in my blog, and now is the perfect opportunity to brag about her, because she is pretty amazing. 

I\’m struggling to put into words just how much my mom means to me. She is a true saint who will do just about anything for her family. She\’s one of my best friends and whenever something exciting happens in my life, she\’s almost always the first person to hear about it. I miss my mom every single day and I have to make sure she won\’t forget about me by texting her daily and calling her at least 2 or 3 times a week. She says I\’m not annoying her, but even if I am, she\’s too nice to admit it. 😉

I want to throw in this little meme thing I saw on Facebook a while ago, because it describes my relationship with my mom to a T. I was a brat in high school, and I wasn\’t always very nice to my parents, especially my mom. Mommy, I\’m really sorry for all the mean things I ever did or said. I was stupid and young and didn\’t know any better. Now that I\’m older and don\’t live at home anymore, I know I took those years for granted and I wish I could go back and redo them. Now, I miss you every day and I feel the need to share everything with you. Thanks for humoring me and still answering the phone when you see my name flashing for the millionth time every week 🙂

When I said my mom would do anything for her family, I wasn\’t exaggerating. My mom has done so much for me, and I wouldn\’t be the person I am today without her. In an earlier blog post, I talked about how I struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder and how my mom had to put me to bed every night until I was almost 17. She was very patient with me, even though it was silly and she probably thought I was being ridiculous. She knew I was struggling and she did what she could to help me. When I decided I wanted to go to school in Virginia instead of South Dakota, she was supportive. I don\’t think she liked it, but she knew it was what I wanted, and she helped me figure out how to make it work. My freshman year of college, I got really sick and was sent to the hospital. She hopped on a plane and was here by my side throughout all of it. It turned out to be nothing major, but I still appreciated having my mom out here with me. Even now, as I become more independent, she is always giving me advice on how to \”adult.\” It makes me happy knowing I can reach out to her or my dad anytime and they will be there to help me get my poop back in a group.

One of the things I miss most about being back at home, is sitting down with my mom and having the heart to heart conversations we used to have. She\’d be sitting in her room, reading a book and I would come in and just plop down beside her and we\’d chat about anything and everything. We still sometimes have these chats during one of our weekly phone calls, but it\’s not the same as being in the same room as her. I miss being home and I miss seeing her every day and sometimes, it kind of sucks living so far away. A few days ago, I was listening to Queen and the song “Fat Bottom Girls” came on and I was immediately brought back to 6 AMevery weekday when I got up for high school in the morning. My mom loves Queen and I’m pretty sure this is her favorite song, because I remember her blasting it on repeat from the basement while she worked out in the morning and it was often the first thing I heard before getting ready to start the day. I sat back and smiled while the song played the other day, because it reminded me of my mommy and the good old days.

My parents are coming to see me out here in VA in about three weeks and I’m so excited!! I love it when they come visit me because there is always so much to do. I also don’t get to hang out with them in person too often anymore so I’ll take any opportunity I can to spend time with them. Their trip will be short, but we will fill it with fun activities and make lots of new memories as well.

Finally, I just want to end by wishing my mom a happy birthday again. I hope you have an awesome day, and hopefully you wear green so you don’t get pinched! Love you mommy 🙂

Until Next Time!

Megan Reiffenberger