A special letter to her son on her first Mother's Day.
May 13, 2001 Dear Zachary, Today is my very first Mother's Day. Grandma bought me a beautiful locket so that I could put your pictures into it. It's been a very long time since I last wrote you a letter and you know what? I feel like we're old friends now - the closest mother and son there ever was. The first letter I wrote to you, we were both still so new to each other, but the past 8 ˝ months I've gotten to know you so well and I am so happy that I've been able to spend all this time with you. I bought myself a gift and said it was from you. It is a license plate frame that says "Happiness is Being Zach's Mommy (heart symbol)" I love it so much. I wonder if I will still have it on my car when you finally get to read this letter. I wonder if you'll let me still have it on the car. I wonder if I will still have the car! (2001 Honda Passport in Hunter Green, my 25th birthday present from Grandma). You know, I never knew how much Moms deserved Mother's Day until today. I also realized something else though. There is no "Son's Day" or "Daughter's Day" when moms and dads would not have their special day without their children! So I'd like to start a tradition where on Mother's Day, I'm going to give you a card too. You make me be the best Mommy I can be and I love you for that. Having you in my life has changed me so much and I am a greater person for that. Thank you. Auntie Heather calls me "Supermom" and I love when she does that. It lets me know that I'm not dreaming when I think I'm raising you to be a wonderful young man. I hope that I will teach you all sorts of great lessons, give you the moral development you need, and be a constant source of love and support for you when you venture out into the world on your own. That is a day that I'm looking forward to and also dreading because you may no longer want to cuddle with me, may not want me to hold your hand or kiss you in front of your friends. If I've raised you right though, I will have taught you that being a real man means being able to show your feelings. Expressing yourself is a mature thing and only those who don't know how to be men cover up their emotions with gruffness. I hope that I have given you the kind of world where you have the security to be yourself. I know that you are going to go on to do great things in your life, but I want you to remember that you came into this world as something, someone, pretty great - Zachary Erich, my son and the most awesome blessing I have ever been given. I love you. Love, This letter is written by Kori, for her son, and may not be copied or redistributed without the express permission of the author. Dear
Zachary, Part I
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