With Christmas just behind us, I wanted to put out a quick appreciation article dedicated to those who keep the holidays running like clockwork. There are so many people in my family who help out, but I feel like my mom and yiayia, which is Greek for grandmother, deserve a big round of applause. Between the cooking, cleaning, shopping, wrapping, you name it, they do it all.

I arrived at my grandparents' house on Wednesday night, and every day since it's been nothing but a hustle and bustle in the house. Yiayia has been cooking day and night and running to get groceries. Not to mention she's also managed to wrap countless gifts for the endless family members, as well as just keep up with daily upkeep in the house. Like seriously she took time out of her super busy day to iron a few of my flannels for me! I could have easily done that, yet she was like "it's okay, I can do it." It's the little things that you appreciate the most sometimes.

Now don't get me started on my mom. She is the epitome of supermom. We had a big Greek dinner last night with all my family (that would be sixteen of us), and she has spent the past three days doing nothing but cooking for it in order to make it perfect, which is was perfection by the way. On top of that, she has also managed to Christmas shop and wrap around three million gifts! She's been waking up every day around 6:30-7:00 AM just so she can get a head start on the day and attempts to get everything done. Currently, she is sitting next to me knitting my younger cousin's Christmas gift. If that's not love and dedication, I don't know what is!

At this point, I really hope I'm not rambling, but the sentiment remains true. I love you two so much and am so thankful for both of you. One day I hope to be at least half the women you are. Merry Christmas, Mommy and Yiayia!!!