Mother's Day as a Steph-Mom

Mother's Day gets a little tricky as a Step-parent - or at least I thought.  We did not have Gracie on Mother's Day as she was spending the weekend with her mom (as she should) so Thursday was the last day we were going to see her before the big day. 

I unfortunately was quite sick on that day (from a bad tooth) and CJ had to pick Gracie up from school.  When they came home she came running in saying "Happy Un-Mother's Day"!  She was so proud of herself for getting some really nice gifts together for me for Mother's Day.  She made me a really cute card (pictured below), brought me flowers and went with her dad to go buy me new pearl earrings.  I had a pair of pearl earrings that were pretty much  my "every day" earrings and they recently broke.  I didn't think I'd be able to get another pair for quite a while, so I was so surprised that they got me a new pair! 

Even though I'm not a biological mom, this meant more to me than words can say!  It was nice for a good laugh too - I like how she describes me in her school "interview".  The card says "Thank You for being the best Steph-Mom Ever....."