Dear Mom and Dad,
I just wanted to take a minute and say thank you. Thank you for raising me to be the person that I am. Thank you for putting up with my book addiction and encouraging it, just like you did my sibling's game days. Thank you for being you and letting me grow into the person I am. Thank you for making me get a job so I learned the value of a dollar and responsibility. I appreciate that push greatly, because it has forced me out of my shell and help to shape me into the person I am today and gave me confidence I never knew I had.
I know over the years we haven't seen eye to eye and on some things we might never, but thank you for being there whenever I needed someone to hang out with or to just sit in silence with (I say this because that is what is happening as I write this). Thank you for being who you are and letting me find myself through the personalities of both of you. I'd like to think I am a little bit of both of your good qualities wrapped up in one. Thank you for molding the way I think, talk, and act. Thank you for the life lessons, even the ones you sat back and watched me make, mistake after mistake but understood I needed to learn the hard way instead of you telling me. Thank you for spoiling me (yes it happened whether you want to admit it or not) sometimes it just needed to be done and I think in the end we both appreciated that gesture. You as parents seeing your kids as being happy and us having the memory of that spoiled event or having that materialistic object that may be childish but is still cherished because it came from you.
Thank you for being domineering and bossy-- it has given us a thicker skin and possibly turned the sister into a monster but it was for the best all around. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to help us with homework even though you were probably as confused as us when we sat down to do it. Thank you for all the pets growing up, teaching us how to care for them and to have a buddy around to keep us safe when we stayed home alone.
Most importantly, I want to thank you for loving me and protecting me through out my life. I know moving out hasn't been the easiest on either of us but it has taught me some. Thank you for understanding that I needed to do this and to grow on my own. I want to thank you for all the boyfriends that didn't go anywhere and all the friendships I have lost over the years; for being supportive and understanding when I know sometimes you just wanted to knock some sense into me.
Thank you for being the greatest love story that I could look up too and want for myself. You have shown me that a relationship is harmony between two people and to never take the other for granted, to love and cherish them through the good times and the bad. I can't wait to have that with who I am with now and hoping for forever just like you and dad.
Thank you for everything over the years and hopefully moving forward we can be more friends than parent and child. I have always cherished our relationship and hope that it only gets stronger with time.
I love you
Love,
Your Daughter
