After a nice weekend home to celebrate Mother’s Day, I feel grateful for my mom.  She has given me so many of the things that make it possible to live the crazy, adventurous life that I do, including:

• entrepreneurial spirit (and related dissatisfaction with The Man)
• love of reading
• drive to succeed
• working well under pressure
• independent spirit
• management proclivity
• creative impulses
• love of fresh fruits & vegetables
• apparently, many allergies (and more to come)
• dedication to making family count above all else