Happy Birthday, Mom

Today is my mother's 58th birthday. I called her today from school, only to get her voicemail. So I left a message. It should be noted that her voicemail recording STILL is the voice of my stepdad, Bruce, who says very sternly, "You've reached the voicemail of Sandra ____. She is occupied at the moment, but if you leave her a message, she will call you back very soon." You'd think that if my mother can succesfully dial in to retrieve her voicemail, she'd be technically capable of recording her own greeting. Go figure, right?

Anyway, back to the birthday greeting...Well, it was sort of short and awkward because I truly would rather tell her in person, not in a message as so directed by my stepdad.

But I am truly thankful to still be able to even do that... and to have as truly great a woman like Sandra ____ as my mother. Happy 58, Mom.