Happy birthday mother of mine, just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for a few little things you have done along the way and to tell you how much you are loved by all of us...
THANK YOU MOM FOR...
putting bells on my shoes so you could find me, taking a deep breath and counting to ten when I decided to cut windows in my brand new playhouse, letting me stay up to watch Sonny and Cher and singing along with me, throwing awesome birthday parties with homemade double decker cakes which seem to completely elude me as an adult, letting us paint on the windows, not losing it when I drew artwork on the walls right before we were supposed to move, giving us freedom to figure out things for ourselves, driving us to a bazillion activities every day of the week, singing "Good morning, good morning it's time to start the day..." every day, being the president of the PTA, being our Brownie troop leader, making paper mache puppets of the Seven Dwarfs and Snow White, sewing us beautiful little girl dresses, being ok with a fort in your living room every day after school, playing Barbra Streisand - all of the time - ok maybe it was a little too much, taking care of us when we were sick, letting us eat off of TV trays on Monday night so we wouldn't miss Little House on the Prairie, making new hair for my Hollie Hobbie doll when I realized she was really bald under the bonnet, letting us know we were special when we didn't really feel that hot, laughing so hard we cried, driving us cross country many, many times and letting us stay in really cool hotels, letting me order new things off menus even when you knew I wouldn't like it - just so I could say I tried it, being our camp counselor, teaching us really great sing along songs in the car, not really pulling the car over after saying "Don't make me pull this car over", going to Grease six times in the summer of '78, baking cookies, baking bars, baking the best blueberry pies in the world, letting me go to Japan when I was 16 and didn't have a clue, checking in on me in Japan because you knew I didn't have a clue, giving up a lot so we could do our things, getting us some interesting dogs - many neurotic pets we have had, driving me to college, sending me care packages in college, trying to understand teenage girls, letting us use the bathroom first, telling us getting another perm probably wasn't a good idea, letting me dye only my bangs blond, telling me I needed to get a job, not letting me quit my hated summer job, letting me manage my own money, bailing me out when money management went awry, pretty much planning our whole wedding, making all of my bridesmaid dresses, helping us find a house, staying with both AE and JG so they didn't have to go to daycare, making me laugh, being an awesome grandma, showing me all of your estate sale finds, being my friend, being you.
THANK YOU MOM FOR...
putting bells on my shoes so you could find me, taking a deep breath and counting to ten when I decided to cut windows in my brand new playhouse, letting me stay up to watch Sonny and Cher and singing along with me, throwing awesome birthday parties with homemade double decker cakes which seem to completely elude me as an adult, letting us paint on the windows, not losing it when I drew artwork on the walls right before we were supposed to move, giving us freedom to figure out things for ourselves, driving us to a bazillion activities every day of the week, singing "Good morning, good morning it's time to start the day..." every day, being the president of the PTA, being our Brownie troop leader, making paper mache puppets of the Seven Dwarfs and Snow White, sewing us beautiful little girl dresses, being ok with a fort in your living room every day after school, playing Barbra Streisand - all of the time - ok maybe it was a little too much, taking care of us when we were sick, letting us eat off of TV trays on Monday night so we wouldn't miss Little House on the Prairie, making new hair for my Hollie Hobbie doll when I realized she was really bald under the bonnet, letting us know we were special when we didn't really feel that hot, laughing so hard we cried, driving us cross country many, many times and letting us stay in really cool hotels, letting me order new things off menus even when you knew I wouldn't like it - just so I could say I tried it, being our camp counselor, teaching us really great sing along songs in the car, not really pulling the car over after saying "Don't make me pull this car over", going to Grease six times in the summer of '78, baking cookies, baking bars, baking the best blueberry pies in the world, letting me go to Japan when I was 16 and didn't have a clue, checking in on me in Japan because you knew I didn't have a clue, giving up a lot so we could do our things, getting us some interesting dogs - many neurotic pets we have had, driving me to college, sending me care packages in college, trying to understand teenage girls, letting us use the bathroom first, telling us getting another perm probably wasn't a good idea, letting me dye only my bangs blond, telling me I needed to get a job, not letting me quit my hated summer job, letting me manage my own money, bailing me out when money management went awry, pretty much planning our whole wedding, making all of my bridesmaid dresses, helping us find a house, staying with both AE and JG so they didn't have to go to daycare, making me laugh, being an awesome grandma, showing me all of your estate sale finds, being my friend, being you.
Comments
nicol
as Chris wrote it is me who is truly lucky to have a daughter like you. I love you Susan. MOM