Celebrations

Two days ago I threw my mom a surprise 70th birthday party in Chicago, in the old neighborhood where she used to live. It was a smashing success, she was shocked, stunned and surrounded by people who's lives she touched over the years now getting to touch her life.   It was like a cross-section of my mom's life. Getting to see all these people who love her and have different stories and ways that their lives intersected. Life is pretty amazing when you think about all the people you know and love in your life and all the seemingly random moments that brought each one into our life. 

Here are few pictures from the night: