Happy 90th Birthday Mom!

Everyday I spend with my mother is special.  But today is especially meaningful because it is my mother’s birthday.  She is ninety years old. Ninety!  Such a big number for such a small, but mighty and sometimes feisty, but always fabulous woman.  She calls herself a broad which always makes me giggle because she is refined.  A lady.  She’s quite a gal. 

We are inseparable. Joined at the hip.  We are so close that when she breathes, I exhale. 

We are the best of friends.  I adore and admire her, and I’m so grateful that she’s my mother.  Everyone who knows us refers to us as, “The Girls.”  And we are.  Just two great girl friends.  The best of pals.

One of my students asked me what I wanted for Chanukah this year.  I smiled.  That was easy.  I already have the greatest gift of all:  My mother.  I love her, but  Best of all I like her and Most of all, I treasure her.

HAPPY 90^TH BIRTHDAY MOM!