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Happy Birthday to My Number One

04/30/18 | birthday, family

With Mom at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Today is a very special day, it is my Mom’s birthday!  And thus, I just wanted to take a minute and say a HUGE happy birthday to my OG travel buddy since day one.  There has never been a more loyal fan or loving supporter of everything and anything I have every wanted to do – whether that was start a fashion blog (she has become quite the photographer and takes more than half of Sparkles and Shoes outfit photos) to me picking up my life and moving to London earlier this month. 

Mom and Kelly - BrookdaleMom and Kelly - NYE

There are tons of people who asked me if I was nervous to move abroad but I’ve loved travelling since I can remember and my Mom instilled that in me – heck, I spent my first birthday in Paris eating ice cream at the Eiffel Tower, if that wasn’t a sign I don’t know what is.  Mom, I love you to the moon and back, thanks for always picking up my calls even when it’s a bad time, and I hope you have the best birthday!!   And for the heck of it, a fun walk down memory lane with photos from the past decades! 

Mom and Kelly - ParisSpanish Opera with MomMom and Kelly - RyeWith Mom at Thanksgiving Dinner
Happy, Happy Birthday Mom! I love you and can’t wait to see you next week! 
 
 
 
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Comments

  1. Lucy says

    May 1, 2018 at 9:20 am

    Aww, happy happy birthday to your Mom! How cute is this!

  2. Linda Hilliard says

    May 1, 2018 at 4:50 am

    Kelly, that was really beautiful of you to share all that about your mom! It is wonderful to have such a great connection with such a pivotal person in your life. The photos were really fun to see you as well. Good luck on your continued adventures knowing you have the support of your family.

  3. paul says

    April 30, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    you were such a cute baby – and those dimples haven’t changed much!!!

  4. Betsy says

    April 30, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    You were such a cute baby! Those eyes in the first photo… adorable! I see that you have your dimples when you are on your mom’s shoulders. You have had those a long time.

  5. TAMMY says

    April 30, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    Very nice tribute to your mom. How is she taking your move to London. I am back from South Beach and I had a fantastic romantic vacation with my boyfriend. We stayed at Essex House/Clevelander. Totally awesome.

  6. Aimee says

    April 30, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    What a nice tribute to your mother. I wish my mother and I were closer.

  7. Pam says

    April 30, 2018 at 11:47 am

    Thanks honey for the great walk down memory lane. Thanks also for being such an amazing daughter. Thoughtful, caring, a good friend, loyal, hard working and FUN…always up for something new.

    Your talents keep blossoming and I eagerly await for your next addition.

    Love,
    MOM

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog founded in 2012.  After six years of living in London I am back in New York with my husband and two littles! 

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