To you, who makes me feel like a new woman every day.
Who makes me laugh out loud and count the hours till 5:30 p.m.
Who takes me at my worst,
and makes me my very best.
To you, who makes me pull my hair out in one moment,
and the next my breath is gone,
because you are everything.
Who brought me to the mysterious joy that is motherhood.
To you, who made me change my mind about the delight of little girls.
Who snuggles into me and fits like a perfect heart transplant.
Who brought the rain.
To you, who knows everything and gives everything.
Who taught me to be smart and deep and unmoved by worldy nothings.
To you, who made me feel important and confident.
Who showed me what a mother is,
and how she quietly changes the world.
To you, who made my dad happy again.
Who gave me space and time and unconditional love.
Who mothers my brothers and sister, so they were/are never alone.
To you, who moved forward in faith years ago...and have never stopped.
Who gave me a giant among men.
Who hugs me like a daughter.
To you, who misses me after just a few days of being apart.
Who stays up till three a.m. to talk with me about everything.
Who calls me up for advice about her younger, cooler friends.
Who makes me laugh till I want to pee my pants.
Who listens to me vent and then gently gives me greater wisdom.
Who teaches me to let go and just be.
Who makes me feel connected to something large and warm and deep.
Something that feels like home....
In Long Beach and Eagle Mountain and Rexburg and Spanish Fork and Germany and Oklahoma and Murrieta and Highland and California and New Mexico and everywhere that you are.
Here's to you!
