Thank you, mom. Thank you for picking me. Thank you for adopting me. Thank you for choosing to be my mom. Thank you for taking me in when no one else wanted me. Thank you for putting up with me. Thank you for guiding me. Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for comforting me in the bad times. Thank you for congratulating me in the good times. Thank you.
Thank you for soft boiled eggs on toast with tea when I am sick. Thank you for sushi dinners when I am sad. Thank you for bouillabaisse recipes and cheesecake recipes. Thank you for dinosaur pop up books and bags of yarn.
Thank you for being the port in my storms. Thank you for loving my dogs. Thank you for teaching me how to throw a dinner party with good chine, good conversation and good food. Thank you for being an example to me.
Thank you, mom, for being my mom. More importantly, thank you for CHOOSING to be my mom.
I love you.
(but I’m still picking your nursing home so straighten up!)