Happy Mother's Day to me

Mother's Day is tough for me. Well, actually all of May is, though it's gotten easier in the nearly 9 years since my Mom died. This year I even made it through the Race for Hope without a lot of trauma – the rainy, miserable weather actually helped because we got in and got out without a lot of time to reflect. Then Mother's Day comes, and then the anniversary of Mom's death on May 26.

I'm always glad when we flip the calendar to June.

This year I told the family I didn't really want any gifts. The only thing I wanted was for them to make me my favorite coffee cake and to watch a movie with me. Tod took care of the coffee cake (so good!). There weren't any good movies in theaters, so I had to choose something to watch at home.

I came the realization recently that somehow we'd never shared this classic with them...Wayne's World.

So that's what I picked! And the movie holds up surprisingly well, 27 years (WHAT?) later. Both kids laughed through the whole thing, but I think Reed especially found it entertaining. It was so nice for all of us to enjoy something together – that's really all I wanted for Mother's Day!

Amy did a drawing for me to hang in the kitchen, which is lovely...

Oh, and Reed went grocery shopping on Mother's Day to hang out with me. I'll take it.