Dear Mom

Dear Mom,

Thank you for...

• Your wisdom, grace, and never give up attitude.



• Never giving up on me, especially when I gave up on myself.



• Our almost nightly chats over the phone in college.



• Never letting me get a perm.



• Teaching me to say yes ma'am and yes sir and please and thank you.



• Finding the silver lining amidst the thunder clouds.



• Praying for me to find Mr. Right. You and God did so well on that one!



• Teaching and showing me how to pray and give thanks.



• Teaching me how to cook and craft.



• Holding my hand and saying "they're just jealous," when we both knew they weren't.



• Telling me stories about the good old days and singing me songs while rocking me in your rocking chair.


• Letting me learn to take care of a pet.



• Teaching me the value of a dollar. Showing me how to make something out of nothing and teaching me the very important life long lesson that just because you have it, doesn't mean you should spend it.



• Reading with me every night. No matter how tired you were you made time for me and I thank you for that.



• Showing me that it is entirely possible to be a mother who works--and be damn good at both.



• Working four jobs at a time to send me to private school because you knew that the school I would have gone to would have been sub par.

• Loving Tony as your own and constantly telling me how happy you are that we're together.

• Showing me by example that being a mom is the single most important thing I will ever do.

I could not ask for a better mom.