Dear Mother,
Being away from you is hard. You know this already, but you should know the things that I have left unsaid. When I get overwhelmed and feel far away from myself, I find myself wanting to be home with you. We’ve moved around in many walls, in many halls, enough for me to realize that it is not the structure surrounding us that makes our home. It’s each other. When I find myself distracted or busy and forget to tell you “good morning,” I tend to beat myself up. I want you to know every day how important you are to me. I sometimes call you on the phone with not much to say, because your voice is the one of the only that can instantly calm me. You do so much for other people, sometimes to a fault. I wish you’d take a moment to look in the mirror, focus on yourself, and realize what an amazing woman you are. An amazing mother, wife, daughter, sister, grandmother. In all of these titles, you thrive as a woman, as a role model to me. We’re asked at a young age what we want to be when we grow up. Some kids say an astronaut or a doctor or a princess. If someone asked me this today, I could say in one breath that you are the woman I want to be when I grow up.
The truth is, I don’t thank you enough for all that you do for me. I leave things unsaid, but I figured there will always come a time where I might just let the words slip out. Thank you for giving me your kind heart, for teaching me to love others as you love me. I am so thankful to have this life because of you.
Love,
Your daughter