For Mom...

Hello there everyone! Sam here!

And HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of the wonderful mother's out there, but especially mine. I'd be lost without you mommy! There aren't enough thank yous in the world to express how much I appreciate all that you've done for me and continue to do  for me every single day, but here goes nothing... 
 

 

Being your first born I've been there since the beginning, when you and dad were just starting out and learning how to do the whole "parents" thing. And let me just say that you did a great job and still do to this day. Since I came along first I was able to watch as you became the amazing woman I know today and I couldn't be prouder of you and everything you've done.

 

You've been there with me through every triumph, every failure, every heartbreak, and every accomplishment. You helped to give me a childhood some could only dream about, surrounded by family, friends, and love. You've supported me through every decision and allowed me to grow into my own person with my own unique thoughts and feelings. You were patient with me when you knew I was struggling and finding myself, and you argued with me when you knew no one else could help me understand. You have been parent, teacher, and friend all rolled into one, a difficult combination to perfect, but somehow you've done it and made it seem easy.

 

You've been my shoulder to cry on, my listening ear, my cheerleader, my teacher, my friend, my voice of reason, and my secret keeper. You've given me the space I needed to grow and change, while still keeping watch over me and swooping in when you knew I needed help. You've laughed at my jokes, cried tears of joy and tears of sadness with me, and shared your love of books and the written word. You've encouraged my writing in every way possible, while at the same time helping me to become better at it and being my go-to editor. You have an unshakeable faith in me that still amazes me to this day, but no longer surprises me. You and dad both have given me the freedom to persue something that not many people can succeed at, and yet you still believe in me and everything I want to do. You, above everyone else, have believed in my dreams, sometimes even more than I do. Without your trust I may have given up on them a long time ago.

 

You understand that I am not like most people and you love that about me. You work around my limits and you help me to overcome obstacles that are unavoidable with amazing patience. You understand that some things are harder for me than they are for others, and also that some things are easier. When I'm at my lowest I always know that no matter what, even if no one else is around, you will always be there to pick me back up again and brush off the dust. You tell me I'm beautiful when I feel anything but, you tell me I'm intelligent when the simplest of things seem to stump me, you say I'm clever and witty when I feel awkward and silly. And you always mean it. You don't pressure me to be anyone but myself. You love me when I'm feeling unlovable and the things I sometimes dislike about myself are the things you love the most. You accept my every flaw and encourage me to do the same.

 

 

You juggle all three of our crazy lives with finesse and you treat us each as individuals with our own special talents and personalities. You are the glue that holds us all together, the one who keeps us all in line. You are the one who keeps us feeling healthy, who treats our wounds when we are hurt, who studies with us for tests, who claps the loudest at all of our events. You have kissed every bruise, taken every temperature, dried every tear, sang every lullaby. You are serious when you need to be and silly when you want to be. You let us eat donuts for dinner when we aren't hungry for anything else. You go on random drives with us without any destination. You have loved each of us unconditionally and without pretense from the very moment you found out we were going to exist, and I suspect you loved us even before that.

 

 

You are teaching us how to be strong women and how to think for ourselves. You are showing us the art of compassion and how to be kind. There has never been, and will never be, a day when I don't appreciate all that you have done for me, and for us. I love you more than words can say and I can only hope that someday I can grow up to become a woman who is loved so much by so many people. I not only love you as my mother, but as the wonderfully amazing person that I know you to be. No matter where I go, who I become, or what life may bring for me, you always have been and always will be my mom and the woman I most look up to in this world. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you have done and will do. I love you to the moon and back.

 

Love and Chaos,

Sam

 

P.S. Here's a video from the Kid President to all the moms out there today. It was too cute not to post.