Mi Madre Cubana

Someone has said: “Be kind to the women. They constitute half the population and are mothers to the other half.”- Pres Hinckley

Mom, Not only do I hope to be just like you when I grow up, but I also hope to continue the "Cuban-ness" in you so my children can know what it was like to have a Cuban mother.

For those of you who don't know, having a Cuban mother meant:

• eating amazing food
• not getting away with ANYTHING...a Cuban mother is everywhere. She knows all, and sees all.
• when she's happy, she's HAaaaPPY!
• when she's mad, you hide
• getting kissed all the time, everywhere you go, no matter who sees it
• eating all your food and then getting a second and sometimes third helping...(so you don't go hungry)
• hearing "I don't care what your friends say, tell your friends its because your mother is Cuban" as the reason your teenage self couldn't do things...
• everything you achieved was as exciting to her as fireworks on the fourth of July
• learning to appreciate growing up in a free country
• learning to appreciate growing up with running water, food, opportunity
• learning the highest level of generosity
• being immaculately clean, "just because you're poor doesn't give you an excuse to be dirty"
• nothing goes unsaid; if she thinks it, she'll say it
• learning how to work hard
• being loved deeply, openly, emotionally and affectionately.

"Perhaps the reason we respond so universally to our mothers’ love is because it typifies the love of our Savior."  -Bradley D. Foster
 

 Mami, yo soy quien soy gracias a ti. Su fe en Dios y su testimonio de JesuCristo me ha llegado al corazon y ha sido una luz en mi vida. Espero que puedo llegar a ser una madre como ti. Estoy muy agradecida por su amor, carino, bondad, fe, y ejemplo. Te quiero mucho! Feliz Dia de Madres.