Dear Coach...
Dear Bella...
Dear Monkey...
Dear Pearl Girl...
Thank you.
Thank you for realizing I did want to mother.
Thank you for realizing I needed to mother you.
Thank you for talking me into this.
Thank you for my gentle start to mothering.
Thank you for being such great eaters.
Thank you for being such great sleepers.
Thank you for being the best kids I know.
Thank you for loving our puppies.
Thank you for understanding the family dynamics and how complicated they can get.
Thank you for filling in the quiet.
Thank you for filling in the missing pieces.
Thank you for being the perfect little puppy who fixed our broken.
Thank you for how excited you are to see us, each and every time, like it's the first time.
Thank you for your smiles.
Thank you for your warm hugs.
Thank you for late-night snuggles.
Thank you for feeling so hard.
Thank you for loving with all you have.
Thank you all for being lovers of love.
Thank you all for loving me.
Thank you for my second chance at childhood.
Thank you for still believing in good.
Thank you for still believing in little.
Thank you for still believing in love and our little family.
Thank you for this amazing front-row seat at your life.
Thank you for allowing me to mother.
With all I have and all I am, thank you for this life.
Love, your mom
