This Friday is my mom's birthday and I can think of thousands of reasons to be sad, but rather than focusing on the sad I thought I would do what my mom would have wanted and be happy and thankful for the good in my life and remember all the good memories that I will carry forever.
I often take a few moments a couple times a week to "talk to mom", I know this sounds crazy, but after years and years of calling to chat with mom it's hard to stop now. So I take time to think about all the things I would have told her had I been able to pick up the phone and talk.
Recent events I've told her about include:
You're going to have a new grandson! We just found out this week that the newest little McNelson is going to be a bouncing baby boy :) I'm not sure how Amber will take the news (once she starts to understand), but based on how she treats her toy baby I think she'll make a great little helper.
I finally got promoted to Senior Mechanical Engineer at my company. Woohoo! I've worked long and hard to get to this point, and I have to remind myself to sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labour sometimes. I'll admit, I've complained more than a few times about how things are going at work, but mom always said the same thing "I'm always here to listen".
I'm "famous"....well, ok...not really, but I am one of the faces of the kickboxing gym I train at (http://fit-factor.ca/). I offered my mug for a few hours to help out my instructor re-brand his school and now I'm on on the internet, in flyers and posted on the side of a building! Given the current shape I'm in now, it's nice to have reminders close at hand to know that at one point I was fit. Plus, it's something to aspire to after the newest McNelson makes his appearance.
The title of the blog was perhaps a little cryptic to some, but those that really knew my mom would remember that she loved tea. She loved tea so much so that during her hay-days in realty when she wasn't in the office people would remark "she's probably out for tea". Mom took the joke one step further by getting a personalized license plate that read "OUT 4T" so it would always be true :) So, in honour of your birthday today mom......I shall go out for tea and raise a cup to you.
