Happy Birthday Mom!!!

My mom celebrated her 76th birthday yesterday! What a life she has led. Mom is the epidemy of a successful, talented, loving woman. Though her growing up years were very hard, she was a fighter. She experienced things that would defeat most of us. Mom's parents worked her whole life so she pretty much grew up on her own (with some help from neighbors, friends and her brothers). She never had her own bedroom, she had very few clothes or material possesions, yet she recalls never feeling poor or unloved. She was survivor, a great woman of faith and love. Mom has always been there for each of her 7 children. She has a nurturing side of her that is endless and unconditional. If there is a need (and even if there isn't) mom stands ready to help, love, and nuture each of us kids. Mom is the most diverse and talented woman I know. There isn't anything she doesn't know something aboutt (including computers). There isn't a road, path, trail, or picnic place that mom hasn't been or knows about. Everytime I see a dirt road going somewhere and wonder where it might be going, I laughingly say, "I'll bet mom knows!". What an adventure life has been for her. She has such a thrist for knowledge in many venues. She is a reader. She loves to read and is very fast at it. She loves to travel anywhere, anytime. Mom is always up for a ride or a trip.

Carole Deanne Devenish Beardall

I work so much that it is hard to find the time to spend with mom like I would like to. We seem to squeak in a few Fridays of shopping, yard saleing, DI snooping, and just being together. Whether it is working on a project together, talking, walking, or working it is fun to be with mom. She is the most beautiful 76 year old I know. She doesn't look a day over 50 to me. I am thankful for good genes, for the inheritance she is leaving us kids. Did I mention a few years ago she recieved 4 Gold Medals in the Southern Utah Senior Olympic games for bicycling?! Well she did! She trained, sweated, and rode hunderds of miles on her bike to get ready for this goal she set for herself and I am so proud of her for that. Mom you are the best mom, friend, and gal pal a girl could have. Keep on living life to the fullest, you are my American Idol. Love you mom and Happy Birthday, February 2, 2012!!!