Obviously everyone's mother is an unsung hero. She spent 9 months gaining weight going through mood swings and cravings and everyone assuming she was a crazy hormone monster just to have you. She went through hours of unbearable pain in labor to hear you cry for the first time, and if it was up to her she'd never hear that cry again. The amount a mother puts into her child and their happiness is nothing short of a miracle.

I don't know about you, but my mom doesn't ask for much credit. There are days she snaps and says I don't appreciate her enough and she's right. I believe I could never appreciate her enough.

Have you ever noticed mom never joins the fight for who gets the last cookie, she always lets you have it? She doesn't stay mad when you snap at her when she didn't deserve it, usually she'll ask if you're ok before she figures out if she is. It probably hurt her, but she knew you were struggling so she didn't say anything. She drives you to all your doctors and cleans up your mess when you're sick. She made you eat those vegetables as a kid because she knew it was healthy and that it had what you needed, not because she wanted to watch you suffer through your green beans.

Whether you see it or not, your mom cries. In all likelihood, she cries a lot. She gets sad and probably thinks she's gonna lose her mind some days, but she holds that in and wipes her own tears

So you won't worry. That's strength. That's being a mom.

We make out our mothers to be goddesses and don't get me wrong, my mom is. At the end of the day, she is human. She gets tired and she gets sad. She gets exhausted by people and some days she just needs a thank you. A thank you for always having less so we could have more. A thank you for that Christmas when she didn't have a lot of money but she did everything she could to make it like a story book for you. A thank you for putting herself through hell to make you happy. A thank you for the times we ask her to put us before her and she did it with a smile.

No matter how long ago it was, Mom, thank you for what you've done for me.

As I grow up and I become friends with my mom, I realize all she's been doing for me. And I realize how I could never pay that all back.

To all the other moms who might stumble onto this article, we are thankful for all to do. Some days we forget you can't just read our minds and know that, you seem to know everything else we think.

So I guess, thank you for being my cheering section, number-one fan, doctor, cleaning lady (sorry for that one), best friend, lawyer and most of all thank you for being my mom.