Dear mom

To all the Mom’s, Mum’s, Momma’s, Mommy’s, Madre’s,….Mother’s-to-be && to our Mother’s-Mother’s, Thank-you,

Sorry for all the things I said behind your back. for the times i claimed i hated you. for the billions of rules i broke. for doing what you said not to && going where you didn’t want me to go. for hurting you. for not being what you wanted me to be. sorry that i’m not a nurse or a doctor or a teacher. sorry that I’ve brought home a lot more C’s then A’s. Know that I didn’t mean it. know that i try. know that i think you’re the most beautiful person i’ve ever known. know that i think you’re crazy(but that crazy can be good) know that i miss you. know that I’m nothing like you. know that I’m everything like you. know that i may not like you all the time but i love you, always. 

Thanks for the 9 months of morning sickness you put up with, the swollen feet, the stretch marks…

Thank you for kissing every scratch && bump && making everything better

Thank you for every swimming lesson, dance class, practice, competition…

Thanks for knowing we like our sandwiches cut into triangles, NOT squares

Thank you for helping us study for every test, for those late night home work sessions at the kitchen table,

Thank you for every birthday party, every sleepover…

Thank you for the dozens of Barbies, && for those ridiculous Furbies & Tamagatchi’s we thought we needed to have…  

Thank you for being taxi driver, therapist, teacher, friend, chef, maid….

Thank you for standing up for me when I was right && not putting up with me when I was wrong

Thank you for sticking by me those times I almost got suspended..&& that time I DID

Thanks for telling me I was beautiful when I wasn’t (don’t lie, no one looks good with braces)

Thanks for pretending to like those boyfriends (I knew all along you didn’t..)

Thank you for NOT kicking me out on my ass when I was at my worst.

Thank you for knowing i needed to find out for myself how much of a loser that guy was…

Thanks for keeping your cool when I got a tattoo && told you about it through email…4 separate times.

Thank you for knowing when I need help even when I won’t admit it…

Thank-you for everything you’ve done && everything you do

Thank-you for doing it because you want to, not because you have to

For all those things, && millions && millions more. Thank you.