When they count queens, you are number one, when they talk about jewels, without you the list is incomplete.
Today is one of those days I consider as being special. The reason is simple, the person who nursed me into this world, the person who nutured me, my mother is adding an extra year to her age.

She is the literal version of the song which goes this "my mother, who sat and watched my infant head, when sitting on my cradle bed..."
An amazing woman with a heart of gold who taught us how to love others despite their shortcomings.

I remember the times when I suffered from frustration and depression, she guided me through it all.
She taught me the value of value and the value of family. With her, everyone had to understand that family was highly important.

She has the gift of getting what she wants, when she wants and how she wants it.
She is a best friend and someone I always want to talk to almost every hour of the day. She made me realize that every human mattered.

If I can decide who will be my mother if I ever come back to this world, I will choose you mama.
You and dad taught us discipline, you taught us how to find strength in weakness and never to give up on ourselves nor allow anyone to rubbish us. You taught us to find the gold in ourselves, and to help others discover theirs too.

The bond which makes us family is beyond blood. You showed us all how to care for humanity and loved your children's partners like your own children
I remember how we constantly had to come up with new slangs and codes because you kept figuring them out.

I remember the time when your pep talk gave me this fighting zeal to conquer.
I remember when we were discussing and people were in disbelief that you were my mum because how we joked like peers.