To Mom

Dear Mom-

Thanks for all the hours of dealing with a colicky baby. Thanks for caring even when I wouldn't stop screaming. Thanks for dressing me funny - I'm sure it was stylish back then. Thanks for curling my hair even when I didn't care. It shows that you did. Thanks for making dinner night after night even when I complained about everything (no mustard, no tomatoes, don't mix the foods together, my peas are touching the potatoes).

Thanks for being more excited than I was when I got asked to prom. It's great having such a great fan. Thanks for being the first one to stand for an encore at my choral concert. Thanks for crying when I broke up with my boyfriend. Thanks for worrying about my heart even when I insisted on letting it get broken again and again. Thanks for believing that I was smart and talented. Because I believed you I was willing to try to get what I wanted. Thanks for the music lessons and listening to me practice. Thank you for the music lessons even when I didn't practice - it must have been frustrating.

Thanks for loving my husband like one of your sons. Thanks for being a grandmother to my children. Thanks for coming to my house when I have a baby. Thanks for coming to my house without a reason at all.

Thanks for sewing my baptism dress. Thanks for sewing my dress for the daddy/daughter date. Thanks for sewing my prom dress. Thanks for sewing the crib set & curtains for my baby. Thanks for altering my bridesmaid dress so I didn't look so much like a giant blueberry.

Thank you for you strength and your faith and your love. I admire you always. I love you forever. The longer I'm a mother the more gratitude I have for you.

Happy Mothers Day!

We don't have enough pictures together. Perhaps we can work on that.
Love,
Jennifer