First of all I want to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas/soon-to-be mamas out there! This is your day and you all deserve the world. Being a mother has got to be one of the hardest jobs on the planet, and though I obviously am not a mom yet, I hope to be one day. I have so much respect and admiration for all the women out there raising children on their own, or with a partner to help. But today, I want to focus on my own mom, aka my entire world. My mom is my rock, my biggest cheerleader, my confidant, my best advice-giver, and truly an angel on this earth. She’s taught me so much and made me into the person that I am today. So without further ado, let’s get into my top three lessons learned from my best friend, my mama. 

Mama Lesson #1: Resourcefulness

You know that saying about turning water into wine? Well my mom can do that. To this day, I don’t know anyone who is more resourceful than my mom. If we ever needed something, she made it happen. When I got into the University of Miami back in 2011, I had no idea how or if I’d actually be able to attend. At $60,000 per year, it’s one of the most expensive schools in the nation, and to be frank, we just didn’t have it like that. Without substantial help from financial aid and a few loans it wouldn’t be possible for me to attend. But my mom knew that it was my dream school. She worked her magic and not only got my financial aid situation squared away, she also helped me get the rest in loans AND enough extra for some spending money to help pay for my apartment rent (in later years). That’s just one of many times that my mom used her magic to make the seemingly impossible, possible. She’s my real-life superwoman and I’m so grateful for her resourcefulness. She’s taught me to never take no for an answer, and to always keep trying. If there’s a will, there’s a way, and my mom has more will than anyone else I know.

Mama Lesson #2: Selflessness

I’m an only child, and because of that I’ve always been a little…okay a lot, spoiled lol. My mom on the other-hand, is one of seven kids (and one of the youngest at that). She knows all about sharing, and has made sure to do her best to instill that in me as well. You see, if anyone in our family ever needs something, my mom will give her last for them. It doesn’t matter what it is. It honestly amazes me to this day how selfless she is. It’s just in her nature. She will give her last without expecting anything in return, and that’s just the kind of person that my mom is.

Mama Lesson #3: Perspective

My mom has taught me the importance of keeping things in perspective, in so many ways. First, she’s the least materialistic person that I know. She could care less about shopping (a polar opposite from me, ha!), and really doesn’t care much about money. To her, the most important things in life are those that you can’t buy, like family, friendship, and experiences together. Being a millennial (especially in the age of Instagram), it’s easy for me to get caught up in the material side of things; like “needing” that new bag that all the girls at school were carrying in high school. My mom always made sure to remind me what actually matters in life and that material things/money can never buy happiness.

She’s also taught me about keeping things in perspective when I get overwhelmed. I can be such a perfectionist, and sometimes my seemingly endless to-do list or a huge, daunting task get the better of me. In those moments she always lets me vent to her and have my moment to freak out, and then she reminds me to just breathe. She tells me to breathe, to write everything down and to take it all one thing at a time. She reminds me that I’m only human and that Rome wasn’t built in a day. These moments with my mom are so important because they help to ground me and I always leave those conversations feeling infinitely better about things.

And now a word to my mama, since I know that you’re reading this ?:

I can’t thank you enough for all that you’ve done and continue to do for me. Your resounding strength inspires me every single day and I want nothing more than to be like you as I continue to grow up. You’re the best mom that I could have ever asked for and I’m so thankful and blessed to be your daughter. I love you to the moon and back, Mama. You are so incredibly brilliant, strong, giving, caring and a million other things that I won’t list in this blog post or we’ll be here all day, haha. So Happy Mother’s Day, Mama! I hope you have the best day ever because you deserve it.

Xo, Kacie

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