Dear parents,

I love you very much. Thank you for everything you do for me. You are so great and wonderful and words will never be able to tell how appreciative I am for your love and kindness.

First of all, I would like to thank you for loving me through all of my up and down times. I have been a wild ride, I'm sure you remember. I can still be tough to deal with at times, but you always see me through it and help me out in the end. Thank you for putting up with all that are my mistakes and silliness.

Next, thank you for giving food and clothing and a roof to sleep under. I probably don't deserve for you to buy me nice clothes or for you to pay for the gas that goes in my car yet, you do it anyways. That is really wonderful and kind of you. Thank you.

Also, thank you for supporting me when even I didn't know why I was doing something. Remember softball? Yeah, thank you for coming to all my games even though I was literally put into the position where no balls would come near me because the coaches knew I wouldn't be able to catch them. Remember cheerleading? Thanks for supporting me even though you and I both knew that it wasn't the right thing for me. Thank you for letting me test the waters in many areas so that I could find my new passion. Thank you for attending all of my chorus concerts that you are able.

Another thing, thank you for always encouraging me no matter if you think I can do it or not. Thanks for knowing that if I thought that you thought I could do it I could do it. Thank you for pushing me to do my best no matter how difficult times got. Thank you for showing me that I can do pretty much anything if I really wanted to. I really appreciate it.

Thank you for raising me to respect people, to love people and to show them God's love. Thank you for raising me to become a Godly young woman. Thank you for keeping me in church since I was young. I will be eternally grateful that you have kept me close to God for most of my life. You guys are the best.

I love you guys so much. You have made me who I am today and my life would be crazy and dysfunctional without you. Thank you for always being a shoulder to cry on and loving me no matter how many mistakes I make. I'm so happy to have you and I would not trade you for the entire universe. Just remember no matter how angry I get with you or annoyed or upset or any of those other angsty teenager things, you will always be my go-to.

With all my love and respect,

Tori

"Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching"

Proverbs 1:8