Dear mom

Dear mom,

Thanks for everything.  There are so many things I want to thank you for, but a lot of them wouldn't be appropriate to announce to the public.  We've had our personal spats and needless yelling, but more than that, we've had our fun times together, dancing in the living room and making fun of Abby.

But everything goes way beyond just simple things.  I know that everything you and Dad did was for me.  So I could grow up happy and secure in a big home that loves me for who I am.  You always push me to do my best, even if I don't feel like pushing too hard a lot of the time.  You encourage me and you didn't get mad when I said I wanted to go into art.

One day I'll make you proud.  Make you know for sure that I wasn't just some mistake, some nobody kid.  I want to be somebody for you; to make you smile at me and brag to people that hey, Amy is my daughter, she has done this and that and so on and so forth.  Everything I've accomplished is all thanks to you really, even if you didn't really like me at first.

I know sometimes I may stress you out and gnash your teeth, but you got to admit, you do that way more with Abby and Adele, so I am obviously your favorite.  We've had our ups and our downs, but overall, it's the ups that keep our house a home.

I used to want nothing more than to leave our family and run to the states for college.  Now that we're finally at that point, I don't want that anymore.  I'm going to miss you mom, and hopefully you'll miss me too (nah, I know you'll miss me for sure).  You're the best mom a daughter could ever ask for and more.  You've done a great job with me (I mean, look at how awesome I turned out!), good luck with the three other ones (especially Abby).  I don't know if I've said this yet, but I love you mom.  You're the apple of my eye, and the best - booboohead? - in the whole wide world.

your "sweetheart",
Amy