Dear Mom,

Thank you.

Thank you for introducing me to coffee, it’s the best and worst thing to ever happen to me.

Thank you for answering the phone whenever I call and letting me vent about the big things like my future and the little things like my distress after finishing a Netflix series.

Thank you for letting me travel the world, even though I know it terrifies you. I promise that I’ll be cognizant and careful.

Thank you for renting books from the library, even though it’s 2016, you’re doing a great thing for the community and continuously inspiring me to love reading.

Thank you for accepting that I’m a college student and drinking wine with me when I come home for the weekend.

Thank you for being the most patient person I’ve ever met. I don’t know how you do it, but I swear it’s a superpower.

Thank you for cooking delicious, healthy meals. I never appreciated them when I was growing up, but after eating in the dining hall for long enough, I realized that I could eat your food forever if you’d let me.

Thank you for going back to work after raising me. You showed me what true determination looks like and I’m so proud of you.

Thank you for choosing true love, I can only hope to find it some day.

Thank you for being beautiful inside and out, you actually just do it naturally, but I love bragging to my friends about how perfect and cool my mom is.

Thank you for bickering with me about the insignificant details, I know it means that you love me and care about me.

Thank you for constantly reminding me to wear sunscreen, pretty sure I’ve only ever gotten one sunburn (maybe two).

Thank you for letting me tell you about the stupid college boys I encounter without being judgmental. It’s great that we can gossip as friends would.

And on that note, thank you for being a best friend and mother at the same time. Although no amount of “thank yous” will ever be enough, here’s my attempt, because you mean the world to me.

Happy Mother’s Day!

XOXO