A Mom's Letter...

Dear wonderful children of mine whom I love so much,

I wanted to write you a letter to let you know that I love you with all my heart and with all my soul.  Each day I watch you grow into the people that you will become and I am proud that you are my babies.  As your mother there is so much that I want for you in life.  I want to give you all the things that I didn't have and more.  I want to be there with you for each step you take so that I can protect you...but I know that can't be done.

You are your own people, I can only tell you what to do  until you're 18,  I know its hard to listen to what I have to say, but believe it or not I was your age a long time ago and learned a lot of lessons along the way. I may not let you go places you want to go or do things that you want to do but I usually have a pretty good reason, just trust me.

You only live once so my advice to you is live it!  Take your time to settle down or have babies, you will have plenty of time in your lives to get there,.  Have fun and be kids.  Never be so serious in life that you are uptight.  Love yourselves before you love anyone.  Believe that you are beautiful, God made you after all.  If you love someone and they don't love you back they don't deserve you, there is someone in this world who is your perfect match ...believe it.

As much as it is hard to do love your parents.  Looking back I know my parents loved me by making sacrifices for us.  They sometimes went without so we didn't have to.  They were there for me through thick and thin.  I too am here for you for whatever you need.  I will do everything I can to make sure you always are clothed, fed and housed and all the extra things.  I want you to come to me for absolutely anything you need.  I am also a good listener and you can talk to me about anything.  Don't ever think anything different. 
I don't want you to be scared to approach me because there is nothing you can tell me that will make my love for you ever go away.  I love you unconditionally.  My love for you has no boundaries.

Know that no matter what happens to us in life there is nothing too big for us to figure out how to get through.  God will never give us anything we can't get through, he knows what we are capable of.  If I ever get mad at you, it won't really last long before my mama love starts to kick in and I forget why I was ever mad.

I always, always only want the best for you. You are so smart and you can do whatever it is in life that you love and put your mind to.  I am and will always be your biggest fan here on earth. 

I hurt when you hurt.  It breaks a mama's heart when one of her babies is sad and YES no matter how old you get, you will always be my babies.  Know this...life is full of dissapointments but it is our choice to be dissapointed about them.  Life will not always go your way and as long as you know that you will come out on top.  Life is what we make of it.  I am still learning about myself every day and I still don't have all the answers.  Life does not come with an instruction manual, you have to just wing it and live your life day by day but to the fullest.

Don't waste your life stuck in the land of WHAT IF's.  I once heard someone say there are people who make things happen, people who watch things happen and those that say what happened.  Make things happen and love your life and everything and everyone in it.

I wanted to write you this letter because I am thankful for you every day.  There may be days when you think I am mean and you won't like me very much but just know I will still love you.  You grew in my stomach for nine months and we have a special bond because of it. 

So just in case you ever wonder how I feel for you but don't want to ask...you can read this.  ILY A and A.