Dear Mommy,

No words I say can describe the admiration that I have for you. You are my first love; your body -- my first home. I know being my mother isn’t an easy task. There have been times I’ve made you cry, times where I’ve made you mad, and times where you’ve wanted to give up.

Growing up, I couldn’t understand the depth of your love and why you did the things you would do. I do now.

Everything I do is for you. It’s time for you to relax and let me care for you the way you’ve cared for me for 22 years.

There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.

You are more than my mom, you’re the best friend I could ever ask for. You’re the first person I call whenever I’m happy, sad, or afraid. You are the person I come to whenever I need a good laugh. You are the sole person that I can count on to never mislead me.

Seeing you brightens every one of my days.

I hope one day that I can be as great a mother and friend to my children as you have been to me. That I can teach them all the great things about life that you have taught me. I pray that I will be as important to them as you are to me and that they will see how truly amazing you are by how I treat them.

Though I’m not a little girl anymore and will soon move away, nothing will ever change. Miles could never pull me away from you.

Thank you for everything you do for me and everything you will do in the future. You will always be my number one.

I promise to continue making you proud and making sure that you know how loved and cherished you truly are.

I love you forever,

Your Baby Girl