Moms are powerful.

Sometimes people tell me "oh look, she's mesmerized with her mama!" when Hazel is looking at me. I usually think to myself "no, she's just looking at someone who's nearby." - not really feeling like I'm that powerful. But when I think about my own mom, and how what she says affects me so much, what she says matters, what she does I watched all those years (and still do), I remember that moms are powerful. I'm not only the one who feeds and watches Hazel, but I'm also her mom. And that's a pretty big deal.