Mom,
I thought you deserved your own personal post on the blog (If you are reading this and you are not my mom, that’s ok, but the intention is for my mom.)
I just wanted to thank you for being such an incredible mom. Your unconditional love and support means more than you will ever know. There are a few things in this world that I have never been able to doubt and my mom loving me was one of those things I could never doubt. That feeling was completely confirmed this past December when I surprised you by showing up at your school. The look on your face showed that it was the best thing could have ever happened to you and pure happiness. It was incredible.
Before I end this letter, I want to thank you for…
- Changing my diapers when I was a baby.
- Tucking me in at night.
- Leaving the door cracked or the nightlight on when I was scared.
- Buying me Dinosaur and baseball sheets.
- Reading Bible stories to me before bed.
- Letting Dad buy all those baseball cards.
- Letting me get my big sister in trouble.
- Watching all those soaps so that I had to go outside, play sports, and be active.
- Making incredible fruit salad and sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving.
- Christmas stockings!!!
- Cleaning up my messes.
- Letting me use you as the reason I couldn’t do something when I really didn’t want to anyways but didn’t have the guts to say that. You never minded taking blame in that situation.
- Letting me read to you after taking Lesley to SSMS.
- Letting me go on my first date even after the Cutlas was wrecked and we had a rental.
- Not letting me have a TV in my room.
- Our Thanksgiving trip to Ensenada.
- Always getting me what I needed and most of what I wanted.
- Not making church optional growing up.
- Loving and accepting my wife as your own daughter.
- Being an awesome grandma to Gaby and Kate.
- Most importantly, thanks for leading and pushing me towards to God. By far the most important thing you have done for me is laying the foundation of faith that has completely transformed my life.
I love you, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day.
Brian, it’s 11:35 on Monday morning and I am giving the ISS assistant her lunch break. I just read your blog and I’m crying my eyes out (in front of the kids that are in here) and I don’t care if they see me doing that. You are an INCREDIBLE son and I am SOOO proud of you!!! You are the son that everybody wish they had. And I’m so lucky that you are mine. I thank God every day for the little baby boy he LOANED me and for the wonderful young man you have become. I love you very, very much. Mom