I just wanted you to know how much I love you and how much I count on you for so many little things. You have given me respect for the job that is titled "Mother". Like all people who are brilliant at what they do, you make it look easy. It isn't. It truthfully is a FOUR person gig! When I think of how much love I have for my son, I could burst! Then I immediately realize that is the love you have for my brother and I and also our children. Wow. There is nothing like a Mother's love. But I also believe that everyone needs to have a "Mommy". The not- so- subtle difference between simply saying you're a mother and being a "Mommy" is one's ability to nurture. It's just the way some women go about it. You are that for me mom. You are the reason I strive to be the best mother I can be. Because one day I hope and pray that my sweet boy can look back and think that way about me. I want to be that for him. It would be my joy. You always say my brother and I are the best things you ever did. To be told you are your mother's best is one of the greatest things a person could ever hear. I think the best thing you do is listen to God and your heart, which is huge. I think women like you are the reason ginormous hulking athletes can't wait to look straight at the camera and hold up that one finger in victory and say hi to the one that always knew... maybe when no one else did. However, there is no one exactly like you mom. So here's the deal... I just wanted to say that when I'm looking in my son's eyes... when I'm picturing his future... his wife... his children... when I'm secretly wishing I could shield him from ANY kind of hurt or trouble forever... and when I win little battles with myself as I struggle against hovering or being over protective... when I'm tearfully imagining how even more wonderful he will be when he's a man... I get you. I get you mom. I thoroughly understand. Thank you for everything. I love you so much.
