My Mom

aka: Mama, Mamacita, Abuelita, Grandma, Rinuccia, La Mama, Mother, Rinuch, Rinold...

Everyone says it, but it's really true: my Mom is the best.

Through all of the trials of her life Mom has been one of the strongest people I know. She loves me and my siblings so much and lets us know whenever we're together how much we mean to her. I can't tell you how nice it is to know she loves me no matter what happens in life.

This is one of my favorite pictures of her, taken on a recent trip to L.A. It makes me laugh because you can see how goofy she is, with her nerdy-teacher glasses, trying to seem mad but cracking up at the same time. I think she didn't like her Jamba Juice.

She's an inspiration to me to always keep laughing through adversity. Thanks Mom!