Dear Mommy, there aren’t words to accurately express how grateful I am that we have another opportunity to celebrate Mother’s Day.  It’s been forty nine years since God used you as the vessel of my existence, and you’ve proven to be an amazing conduent.

Judging from my experiences, of simply being me, I know your job hasn’t been easy.  You knew early on in my life that I’d be a lot to manage so you handpicked a supporting cast, keeping me covered in the word of the Lord and surrounded by a loving village.

You kept your door open for those moments when outside may have become too much to handle while allowing me space to explore the world on my own – although I have not forgotten that you denied me the right attend college out of state.

You’ll tease that I’m bougie and profess that you have no idea where I get my ways from, survey says: YOU! You’ll snipe that I’m mean and insist I get my attitude from my daddy, well – that may be true ……. I’d say I’m the perfect mixture of both of you.

I’ve said a thousand times I’m not buying you anything because you don’t need nothing. Well, this year nothing ended up being a custom made hat, because you got jealous when you saw Godmom’s, and a thought dedicated to you.

The first question you asked when I started my website was “and what’s the blog gonna do?” I told you then it’s the first step in the Simply Lisa brand to which you responded “um, a brand that doesn’t do anything sounds like a hobby”  – my sarcastic nature definitely comes from you……

I’m working on a blueprint to build my brand –  in recognition of the amazing woman you are, in celebration of the supporting cast you selected, as a way of saying THANK YOU for allowing me the space to develop Simply Lisa.