I wanted to say Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom and to all the Moms out there who read my blog…I am old enough (and smart enough) to realize what a FABULOUS JOB my Mom did raising me!  Not all Moms out there have kids that are old enough or smart enough…so I am standing in for all those kids who don’t know how AWESOME their Moms are yet!

When I was young, I imagined that I would hang out with other adults and tell stories about how insane my Mother was…she made my clothes for crying out loud!  How normal could she be?!?  In these grown up versions of myself, all of my pals would agree that my Mother was the craziest and then we would go appreciate art quietly while sipping adult cocktails.

However, when I told stories about how my Mother embarrassed me by not letting me run to greet my dates at their cars {“My daughter doesn’t answer to a man’s car horn.”} or how she always had to know where I was, who I was with and had the gall to tell me when to be home! People didn’t respond the way I thought that they would…they were impressed.  They thought it was sweet that she made my clothes.

The more I complained, the more they liked her!!!

In the end, I looked like the crazy one!  But, I guess that is kind of the natural way of things…how many teens are talking about how amazing their parents are?  So, to celebrate my Mom, I wanted to share some pics that remind me of her…

I always think of how happy we were in Paris together! Like a dream come true…

This was her favorite place to visit!

{{{photo from roboppy’s Flickr - you should check her pics out!}}}

Aux Armes De Niel amazing treats…

More beautiful sweet treats & pastries! The picture in my website header of macarons is from Aux Armes de Niel, too!

Um, the also do bread…perfectly!

I would like to finish with a couple bouquets for that special lady!

Au Nom De La Rose was just down the street from our hotel! So sweet!!!

{{{you can visit Au Nom De La Rose here}}}

This flower market was also about a block away…

Thank you Mom for loving me, being there for me, embarrassing me and just being an overall wonderful parent!  Hopefully, some day soon we can go back to Aux Armes de Niel & eat macarons and drink coffee  together!  <3 j

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