It is late in the day, but I hope it's not too late to share with you 5 things that I appreciate that S has taught me....
5 - Family pics matter. I haven't always been good about this, but S always has been good about this. And hopefully I'm learning.
4 - Excel. My work world is all SAP now, so I don't use Excel as much as I once did. So when (note I did not use the word "if" but WHEN) I get stuck and want a new formula in Excel, S is one of my go-to ladies for this sort of thing. She's as good as any Excel Google answer you'll get anywhere!
3 - A renewed appreciation for tea. For ladies' teas. For gloves and special treats and simply taking a bit of time to appreciate each other and catching up over a cuppa...
2 - A renewed appreciation for SAP. I've been going through a bit of "empty nesters' syndrome" of late, because S has truly, completely flown the coup in recent months. She found herself a new job, and is doing wonderfully at it. But the place she is working doesn't run SAP. Yet. They probably will in the next few years, because their parent company runs it, but today, this shop doesn't. And she has said to me more than once how much she can appreciate all that a system like SAP brings to an organization.
1 - Juggling motherhood and work and school and teaching are not easy, but they are fulfilling and worthy pursuits. And S does it with many smiles and good humor and grace and balance. She doesn't expect any of them to be perfect (as much as she might like each thing to be!), but she takes each moment as it comes...even when those moments may include broken bones of little ones...and keeps moving forward. All part of what makes me so proud of her.
Happy! Happy! Birthday to you, S! I hope it has been truly wonderful, full of love and laughter and joy and memories. I love you!!
Love,
Mama Mia Quesadilla
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