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To My Mom On My Wedding Day

Courtney Hill
Sep 06, 2016
University of Montevallo
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To My Mom On My Wedding Day
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Mom,

It's finally here, the wedding week! That's right, I get married this weekend. This Saturday. We are literally days away. Who would have thought I would be where I am right now? Oh yeah, you did. You raised me to be where I am right now. You have been my go to and the person I have looked up to for 22 years now, and I will continue to look up to for the rest of my life.

I have watched you, I have watched your relationships and how you have always handled yourself. You have lit a fire inside me. A fire I did not know I had until I met my now-fiancé. You showed me that I deserve the best and I shouldn't settle for anything that isn't worth my time. You are strong and beautiful and oh so very inspiring.

There was a time when you were doing it all pretty much by yourself and that amazes me. You were feeding two mouths and working full time and still involved in my life. It amazes me the woman you are and the woman you have raised me to be. I am so thankful for guiding me down the road I am on.

I know you think I am moving on to the next chapter in my life, and I am, but I would never move on to that chapter without you. Not a day will go by when I will not be thinking about you or about the person you have made me.

Most mothers on the wedding day are upset because their little girl is taking that next step to becoming a woman, and I know you are going to cry just like they have. (Mostly because you cry whenever sentimental things happen, I don't think I got that trait lol.) However, you will always be my go to. You will always be Baxter's corg-ma. You will always be the most amazing mother anyone could have. Nothing can change that.

You have helped me so much through not only the past 8-9 months with the wedding but the past 22 years with my life in general. I do not know how I could ever express how thankful I am to have had you by my side all this time. You have shaped me into someone who loves and lets others love me. I never thought I would get married, I never believed I deserved that kind of love. But you showed me that I do and I don't know what I would do without you.

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