My disappearance from my blog can be almost entirely attributed to my extreme stress and obsession with what will now be known as 'The Greatest Party of the Year!' I can FINALLY say that my mother's surprise 50th birthday party went off without a hitch and she was more surprised than I could have ever imagined. And this was despite my almost completely blowing it that very morning.
In my defense I had been lying to my mother for THE LONGEST 10 MONTHS OF MY LIFE and it was only a matter of time before I busted at the seams. This is the woman I tell the most to in my life...probably more than she ever wants to hear but that's just the relationship we have. And what do I do? I text her instead of my brother with - morning! did you get a chance to put your clothes in justine's car? And she immediately responds - what? [Picture Erin almost having a heart attack at this very moment] I thought I had blown it. However, it turns out that she is as clueless as I was when I was being thrown 4 surprise parties in my life. That's just one of the many things we have in common.
So after 10 months of planning and being super obnoxious to my brother and father about doing everything I want and when I want it done...the anticipation and stress and nightmares and everything that made me crazy was all worth it when my mom strutted into that party like she owned the place! She see's that there are 90 people screaming 'surprise!' for her and what does she do? She turns to her friend...probably gives her a nice 'holy f'n shit!' and then walks in the room, rips off her jacket and throws it at me and does her runway walk. It was priceless.
And the party just got better from there. To sum it up I will give another, brief speech:
Mom...this party was something that I have wanted to do for you for as long as I can remember and if I could have one thing in return it would be to see you that happy always. I don't think I have ever seen a bigger smile or a brighter glow on your face than I saw that night and it truly made me the happiest daughter in the world. I love you so much.
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I sent this blog to some friends to read today only because they had daughters and what I wished for them was to be as lucky as I am to have a daughter like this. This party was the culmination of a life changing experience which started, I believe, in 2007 and for anyone who knows me, will know what happened back then. Since that time, I have had the incredible good fortune to meet some truly great people, do some truly great things and go to some truly great places. Nothing, AND I MEAN NOTHING, beats what took place on Saturday night. If I ever had to do this for someone else, I would not have changed one single thing about this evening. My entire family, sans one, was present and the one missing witnessed the entire thing. Every friend both old and new with the exception of two (well four but those 2 lived in Florida) were there to share this with me. However, what absolutely blew me away were your friends. For all of them except for Stapes and Nealey to have made it, with Victoria coming from Chicago and Travis from DC, from Kevin, Emily, Christina, Dan, Leeann, Bryan, Mike, Adrienne, Jessica, Greg, Steve and Jason to show up for me was just incredible. It verifies everything I believe about this group of friends that you wrote about for Thanksgiving. They are just the best. As for my Fit B*tches, they rock. They can bring fun to any party, anywhere and any time. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. This YOUNG 50 year old cannot wait to see what the future brings. I love you Erin (and I love Michael too). The two of you are my greatest triumphs!
ReplyDeleteHappy 50th to Mrs. B!
ReplyDeleteI started to tear up a little reading both the post and the comment...
Glad you didn't ruin the surprise and I'm happy it went off better than planned!