I feel the need to write this due to some things that have been happening over the past couple of weeks.

Momma,

I know things seemed rough at times and were rough sometimes, but we always got through it. Between you, Nana, and Papaw we always were just fine. You have three kids who couldn't imagine life differently and are the people they are because of you. You've been Mom and Dad for a long time and I know we (especially me and Chelsey) haven't always been easy to deal with (in our not so long ago rebellious teenage years). But you've always been there for us. From calming me down when I was panicking over AP courses in high school, to when I wasn't sure if I wanted to stay at Berea or the many many times I've texted or called asking if I could take two medicines together cause I was sick, I know you'll always be just a phone call away. From driving Chelsey to FFA banquets and buying a ton of strawberries from her so they could do something in FFA and your silent OCD-suffering from bunnies in your bathtub and sheep in your house. You've always been there for us.

Now Alexander is the last one left at the house. Chelsey and I have moved out and we're starting out on our own lives successfully (with some hiccups) because we've seen how to do it from you. Once we got old enough to leave, we were ready to. Not because we didn't want to be there with you, but because you'd taught us how to fly on our own (and I now have R. Kelly running through my head). From the many nights where we'd blast music in the living room being crazy, to the nights we'd have late night Wal-Mart runs for snacks or just to get out and laughing and watching movies until the midnight hours.

We've seen you tear up at award nights and at graduations. But we know it isn't from being sad. It's from happiness and pride. We wouldn't be where we're at now, about to graduate college, living on our own, and starting high school, without you. I know sometimes you've wondered if you've done the right things or been enough. Momma, you've always been enough. You're one of the strongest women we know. You've been more than enough. That's why no matter where we go in life, we know we can always come home but also that you've made us strong enough to make it on our own. We all love you more than anything and we wouldn't have our lives any other way.

-BrittanyNicole