Steadfast Mother

After a conversation with my mom last night, I am particularly grateful she is mine (even though I share her with 6 others...4 siblings, 1 niece, and 1 nephew). She is still mine alone and she is still theirs alone. It is a masterful art she has perfected. I love the quote below.

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us when adversity takes the place of prosperity when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." ~ Washington Irving