I have a lot of Mother's in my life that I need to thank... my grandmothers that did a great job raising my parents. My abuelita is no longer with us, but luckily I get to share some of her story lately when I public speak and it keeps me connected to her. My Grandma Coates is in Florida and I hope to skype with them on Sunday, I lived with my grandparents when we first moved to the states, so she was there for my first American school experience and got me hooked on Friday night pizza (we still do it!).
My Mom, I wrote some sappy blogs before, for her birthday, etc.... not much I can say that I haven't said before except that each year as we get older, and our kids wear us down more... we realize how much our parents really went through to help us get where we are... thanks Mama.
Tamara, Novali's mom, we got another stellar report card from our little Nini (I think the knickname Cruz gave her is gonna stick). We make this interesting relationship work, and I thank you for the flexibility, and honesty and dedication to being a great mom to Novali. Thanks.
Now to Heather, well I will be honest and say I don't have enough time in the day, or the next week, or the next month to write all the things that I can thank her for... I guess I can share publicly that I travel a lot, and work a lot, and when people hear my schedule and all the things I do, they say, man you must have an understanding wife back home. I sure do, and I am thankful for that, and thankful that Cruz is getting the best any kid could ask for from his mama, especially when she has to do double duty while I am on the road. He is a fantastic ball of energy, and I am so glad you are able to tuck him in alone on the nights I am not there, and that you still find time to do so many other things.
Happy Mother's Day to the mother's that are involved in my life directly, a shot out to my sister who is a mother, and both my sister in laws on being great moms. Can't wait for July when the Centellas clan will all be together again.
Ciao.