I didn’t proof read so oops.
This is to my mother.
Dear mom,
It’s currently 10:46 at night and you’re yelling at me to go to bed because I have a soccer game tomorrow morning. But I need to write this because I think best at night. So mom. Thank you. Thank you for all that you do in my life. And even though I tell you I love every single day, on multiple occasions, you have no idea how much I appreciate you. I appreciate everything. I try my hardest to let you know this everyday. And saying I love you doesn’t really do it. Whenever I realize this I let you know. I thank you for being my mom. For making sacrifices for me big or small. For taking me everywhere I need to go. For giving me everything you do. For treating me like a princess. For telling me all of your knowledge. For helping me with anything. For being there to talk to. For being my shoulder to cry on. For putting me in my place when needed. For giving me the best life imaginable. For laughing with me. For setting such a wonderful example for me to follow. For being my best friend. For being Julie, the working side of mom. For being Zoila, the perfect side of mom. For being mom. Just mom. Mom you are the strongest person I know, the kindest, the most forgiving, independent, funniest, smartest, friendliest, giving, loving person I know. I look up to you so much. You have been my role model as long as I can remember. I can’t remember for having a role model that was anyone other than you. Maybe Cinderella, but it would always return to being you. I can’t imagine looking up to anyone but you. You stand for everything I want to be when I grow up. I want to be just like you when I grow up because you are just that amazing through my eyes. Mom, I love you so much. There is no amount that can compare to how much I love you. I know you can get annoyed when I say it so many times but it’s the only way I know to express how much I appreciate you. I know I’m sounding extremely redundant, and I’m sorry, but it’s only going to get worse from here. I will now proceed to through the characteristics I gave you recently and explain each and every one. Mom you are so strong. I have witnessed TaTa’s passing beside you. I watched you handle possibly the hardest time in your life with such grace. You spoke at her funeral so beautifully. I witnessed you take care of your aunt that, if I were to say so myself, was extremely to take care of. She moved to Texas so you could take care of her. She threw so many problems at you that tackled so easily. You took care of her so delicately and managed her passing with strength. I witnessed your dog’s passing, Hershey. He was such a good dog. You were with him his entire life. You helped deliver his litter and chose him. Whenever his time was nearing an end you were the one that had to make the decision to put him down. That was the first time I saw you cry. And I witnessed you go through a divorce. While I cried everyday for the following two months and then very frequently after, you were my rock to lean on. You held me and carried me through the most difficult time of my life. And I absolutely adore you for being so strong. Mom you are the kindest person I know. Not only are you kind towards friends and family, but to literally everyone. Everyone you come across you greet with a warm smile which I try my best to do myself. Never do you ever leave someone behind. You always offer to give people a ride anywhere. Or when I’m with my friends you wait until everyone’s parents have picked them up. You donate to multiple associations and always encourage me to do so(with clothes, books, and toys). And overall you are just a kind person. And I adore you for being so kind. Mom you are so forgiving. I only need to say one thing for this. Whenever I’m being a female dog you reason with me until I calm down. And I adore you for being so forgiving because I know I’m a pain in the you know what. Mom you are independent. You do what you want, when you want. And you don’t need no man for that. Whenever you tell me stories about whenever you were younger and how you worked your way through college without any financial aid I’m honest amazed. And you’ve done everything your whole life without needing any help. And I adore you for being so independent. Mom you are so funny. I think I get my goofiness from you. You make the stupidest jokes but I find them so funny. I really like your go to. Whenever I tell you I farted in the car, you roll down the windows. And I adore you for being funny. Mom you are wild smart. Why else would you have an alter ego just for being smart. Zoila, truly the smartest person alive. Of course Zoila is more than smart but anyways. You share with me all of your knowledge. I don’t know how you know half the stuff I ask you. I could ask you literally the most random question and you’d answer it without any hesitation. Like mom you’re seriously wild smart. And I adore you for being so smart. Mom you are so friendly. Like I said previously, you greet everyone with a warm smile. You are so welcoming it’s insane. Mom you’re insane. You treat everyone like you’ve known them forever. You always ask anyone if they needed anything and you give them anything they need. You’re such a people pleaser and I love that. You treat all my friends with the same amount of respect as an adult and really make them feel liked, at least that’s what it seems like to me. And I adore you for being so friendly. Mom you are so giving. You give your all to everything. Anything you ever do you put forth your 100% effort. You give me so much as well, most of which I don’t even deserve. You give to charity all the time. You give your time to everyone, even if they waste it, you just keep giving. And I adore you for being so giving. And mom, you are so loving. You love me so much. You spread your love everywhere. You love everyone. You love your family the most. You love your grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, son, and daughter unconditionally. You may get angry at us, a lot, but you love us so much and it’s the best feeling in the world to know that. And I adore you for being so loving. Mom I want to thank you for being my role model. For setting an example I strive to achieve. I especially love that you have taught me such great manners. I take great pride in my manners and I’m not afraid to let everyone know. I also want to thank for telling me how beautiful I am even though I deny it every time. I’ll never believe it like you always have. I’ve always been insecure with how I look as long as I can remember but at the same time, you’ve told me how pretty you think I am. You’ve always push my worries away. I’ve been self-conscious with how people perceive me, but you’ve always made me feel better about myself. Thank you. Mom I love you. I love our relationship. I really hope I can have a relationship just like ours with my daughter in the future one day. Some of my friends tell me how cute we are because we’re so close. Especially whenever we’re saying bye to each other in person or over the phone. You know, when I say “bye love you mom” and you say “love you more” and then I say “love you most”. I don’t get it especially whenever they think it’s adorable that we say love you to each other when saying goodbye or even over text. I guess I just thought everyone did that. And I love our besitos and nighttime routine. I really hope those habits never go away because I treasure them so much. Mom. You are just such an amazing person. I honestly can’t put into words how amazing you are. You do so much with little to nothing in return. You provide so much to everyone, especially to Nick and I. Mom there is so much more I want to say. I wish I could say everything. I want to thank you for putting up with me. I know I’m the worse most of the time. So thank you. Most importantly though, I hope you have the most wonderful day today. We’re going out for frozen yogurt today, your favorite as of recently. I promise to tell you in person how much I appreciate you. You deserve to hear it and not just read it, I hope you’ve gotten this far actually. Mom I want you to know that you are such a beautiful person inside and out. You deserve the world and all the happiness possible. I hope this didn’t sound like the things any mom would be told. Because you truly are a one in a kind mom. The kind of mom that I want to be. Thank you for being my role model, best friend, and mom. I love you mom. Besitos.