beating heart

mom, you are the best mom i could ever have! i like your cooking. you make me healthy. and you give me stuff! mom, i love you. mom, you are sweet. 

(insert world's best alligator drawing) 

(insert world's best snake drawing)

to my kids, who are stuck with me and all my (many) idiosyncrasies and who seem to like me anyway. whose souls existed long before they got to me and will continue on long after they leave, but this time--this time we get to grow together--it is the best time because of you. 

i'll eat you up i love you so. 

and to my mom, who taught me that the beating heart of motherhood is being the safest and surest place in the world. no matter what; no matter when. forever and always, amen.