On "Mom"

Tonight, talking with my oldest… sometimes she comes out with the sweetest things, always randomly, out of the blue…

“And some of the kids, mostly everyone, they call the nannies ‘Mama’ but I never did because they are not my really mom. I never knew my real mother. And it’s weird to call like your TEACHER mama… And then when you and Pop came, I never said the words Mama or Papa in my life to someone, so I was nervous to say those words, and I had to think before I said them, and not call you by your real names… Because you are my real mama and papa so I just wanted to say Mama and Papa and not your real names, even before you even really adopted me, you know, like, before court. I’m really glad God chose you to be my Mama and Papa…”

Yep, cue the tears…