I was born on Mother's Day...May 11, 1977.

Years ago, my mom wrote this in my baby book. I've read this so many times in my life and when people say, "speak life into your children"...I know that my mom was doing this for me from the get go.

(It's hard to read here, so here's my favorite part: 'I knew she would be a remarkably bright and aggressively keen young lady. I nursed her while we waited and she took time from her busy day to look me straight in the eye, as if to see who her mother was at last. I hope she was reassured - I know with that one glance from my new daughter, I could be secure in the knowledge that she knew me as mother and that we would always have a special bond.'

Years later, she is still speaking life into me. She always takes the time to tell me how she loves me and encourages me like no other person. She builds me up and has a gentle way of teaching me even now. Here is my birthday card that she gave me today, 31 years after she wrote in my baby book: (It amazes me that today in this card she used some of the same words like "bond", that she used back then and she wasn't copying from my baby book, since it is in my possession now.) Just a testiment that a mother never forgets those first moments with their babies....