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herlife | welcomeHappy Mother’s Day!Iremember calling my mom after being exhausted from achallenging night with Jackson. He had pooped in the bath tub.After pulling him out of the tub, washing him off and placing himin another bath tub to finish the job, he pooped again! There I waswith a poopy baby and two bath tubs to clean. I think I was tired,more like delirious at this point, when I picked up the phone andsimply asked my mom, “WHY? Why did you have four kids? Why didyou bring me home from the hospital? You should have said, ‘No’and taken me back,” I cried. My cheeks were stained with tears andI didn’t have the energy to even take a shower myself. This was thedefining moment in my relationship with my mom. I finally realizedI was a mom. I realized my mom was a genius, she knew everythingand we finally started to become friends. What had we been fightingover for the past 30 years?My mom and I were opposites when I was growing up. If sheliked something blue, I liked something pink. She liked mild salsa,I liked HOT. If she said turn right, I went left. When she was hot, Iwas cold. I marched to the beat of my own drum. If you check thebookcase in my parents’ den, you will find a worn copy of a parentingbook titled, The Strong-Willed Child. If it weren’t for the talented castand writers of Saturday Night Live during the 90s, we may have gonea whole decade without agreeing on anything.Over the past three years I have learned so much about myself,about being a mother and being a loving daughter. Happy Mother’sDay, Mom! I love you for everything you have sacrificed for me, forbeing patient with me, for picking me up when I fall and loving mephoto by studio mohsohfor me. I love that we can walk five miles and not run out of thingsto talk about. I love that I can call you anytime and you always have the right thing to say to comfort me. Thank you for believing in me andencouraging me to follow my heart and my passions.Happy Mother’s Day, Central Valley. To all the moms out there with teenage girls, it might take 30 years, but it will get better!Kimberly MullenreadsharerecycleJoin HERLIFE of Central Valley on Facebook and stay current on the hottest events and biggest deals around the Central Valley!8 HERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM