My Mom Is My Best Friend

My time is quite limited as I’m stretched in a few directions right now with my mom being an obvious one. Yet, going to visit her and do things with and for her does not seem like a chore or drain me at all. In fact I feel a bit rejuvenated when I get there. Yeah, the situation really sucks but she’s handling it quite well.

I just sent an email off to a friend (we call him the Egg Man) and he had asked how she was doing. I sent the following…and realized just what an inspiration this woman is. I almost wish she was a famous woman so that she’d be more in the limelight and people all over the world could see what an inspiration she is as she continues on with life. I couldn’t be prouder to have her as my mother.

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I haven’t talked to Ma Chia yet today. She got nailed yesterday by the pain. It snuck up on her and grabbed her quick. She had already taken the morphine two hours earlier so we couldn’t give her anymore. Luckily we were able to give her an anti-anxiety drug that helped her focus on getting rid of it and then she did. And then in true Ma Chia fashion she was was like “There! Got that little fucker” (she calls the cancer “Ibu-monster”…she was taking soooo much ibuprofin early on before she got diagnosed). Then the rest of the night she’d be laughing and joking and being herself (aside from a couple times she’d just kind of nod off).

So yeah, she’s doing well. The pain sneaks up every now and then but she treats it as a “damn, here’s the pain” and then carries on when it’s gone.

Let this be an inspiration to us all. No matter what challenges we are faced with, we have a choice in how we can deal with it. We can do it with dignity or not, we can enjoy life or we can complain about it. Rock on Mom, rock on.

My mother still rocks. We watched the Steelers game together last week when I visited her at hospice. She had a Hines Ward jersey on along with me and we just enjoyed some quality time together.

Announcements:

1. The tattoo contest deadline has been pushed back a wee-bit as we wait for a few more submissions to make their way in. If you’ve got a great idea, email them to contest@mymomismybestfriend.com. I’ve seen some good ones…aww yeah. Update – deadline will be August 31st. Should be easy enough to remember, yah?
2. MyMomIsMyBestFriend.com will soon be changing from a blog site to a social networking site. As much as I like to believe I’ve got to best mom in the world, I know there are other super mothers out there too who are also best friends to their children. Thus, probably later this week you will see the site change and will be able to set up a profile, add pictures, blog about your mother, create groups, talk to others with similar relationships, and so forth. Stay tuned!

Hope you are all doing well. Rumor has it we may get Ma Chia out of hospice and back home soon.

This is a list of the top 10 reasons I think my mom rocks and why she is one of my best friends. These are in no particular order and there are MUCH more than 10 reasons why I think such…but Top 10 lists are the cool thing to do so I did the first ten that popped in my head.

1. My mom has always supported me, even when I flip-flop on the same issue.
2. My mom has taught me a LOT about life and what it’s all about.
3. My mom has always encouraged me to follow my passions.
4. My mom makes a pretty good drinking partner (really, she does).
5. My mom taught me good study habits as a kid that helped me throughout life.
6. My mom is brutally honest…what more can you ask for from a best friend?
7. I can always be myself around my mom. Such a great way to live life.
8. My mom has a great sense of humor and has taught me the value of laughing in life
9. My mom raised me right (at least I think so and others have said the same)
10. My mom is the one I always call first when I have either good or bad news. I’d say that’s the sign of a best friend!

So those are just ten of the reasons my mom is one of my best friends. She set me up to be a good person and then she became my best friend. What are your top ten reasons as to why your mom is your best friend?

Hello everyone, and welcome to “My Mom Is My Best Friend”, a site dedicated to the best mothers out there. My mother truly is my best friend. She has raised me into what I like to believe is a fine young man and over the years has gone from the role of loving and caring upbringer of a child to the loving and caring mother and best friend to me.

Just recently my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Truly a crappy shock to us all. However, this site is not going to be a boo-hoo site but rather a site to celebrate the best mothers who have touched us all.

Look at this picture below. Ah yes…that is my mother shoving food in my face around the 4th of July a couple years ago. Yup…that’s the face of a happy boy and a mother who loves him. Laughter abound, you can see why she is my best friend.

A loving mother feeds her son

This is a trying time as we deal with the emotions of hearing such devastating news. But again, it wouldn’t be devastating if my mother wasn’t such an incredible woman. She has touched the lives of many and many are coming to town to show her just how much she is loved.

I will post updates on the progress of this most remarkable woman. Updates on the medical treatments (chemo and radiology and surgery…oh yay!) and of the whole body and life changes that will help rid her body of that nuisance. We’ve got some good doctors here at the hospital and we have also been in touch with the Kushi Institute (thank you Benke for this suggestion) for more healing ways.

If you’ve got a great mother, don’t wait until a bad time (ie, some sickness or other not-so-great event) to say “hey Mom, you rock”. I’m glad that my mom rocked enough for me to feel the urge to tell her on a fairly constant basis that she rocks and that I’m glad she raised me the way she did. Let this be a reminder to us all to say “you’re my best friend”.