Dear Momma,

I so wish that I could be there this Mother's Day to spend time with you, laugh like we always do, and show my appreciation in a more personal way. Unfortunately, circumstances haven't allowed us to make the trip to visit recently, and it's looking like we won't see you guys until next Christmas. It's been almost 9 months since we last spent time together, and sometimes I don't know how I get by without being able to see my family. Sure, things have been busy, but I want you to know that you are always on my mind. A day doesn't go by when I don't think about what you might be doing, or how things are going. I miss waking up to find you and Dad on the couch, sipping coffee and talking, and I miss the lazy evenings when we used to lounge on the couch and watch TV.



As many of my friends are becoming mothers, some for the first time and some not, and as I get a little closer each year to becoming one myself, I am realizing just how much time and energy you put in to motherhood. You were always right there to kiss (and disinfect!) my cuts and scrapes, talk me through break-ups and high school crises, and give quick corrections when I was learning to drive and tried to turn left despite oncoming traffic (haha). You gave practical advice, which may have gone in one ear and out the other at the time, but every now and then it still echoes in my mind and influences me to this day. You're loving, sweet, and sometimes silly. And for all these reasons, I love you, mom.


The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. ~Washington Irving

Love always,
Katie