Thanks, Mom!

I don't think I can top the thank-you note I wrote in the fall after you and Dad stayed up here almost a month taking care of all of us after my first back injury.

Then again, I didn't think I would need to, in the sense of being in the same situation again so soon.

But I was.

And you were there.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for tirelessly, good-naturedly, generously, kindly taking care of me, of the kids, of all of us for these last three, extremely difficult and challenging at the end with the stomach flu, weeks. We couldn't have done it without you. And while I wouldn't have done it again if I could have chosen, I'm glad to have done it with you. Even the crappy last week.

I love you!