As everyone knows, unless you live under a rock, Sunday was Mother's Day. Inevitably, I was in Rite Aid buying a card, along with the rest of my town, and I realized that Mother's Day is kind of a dumb holiday. If you think about it, why is there only one day a year, that we are thankful for our mothers, or grandmothers, or great-grandmothers, or aunts, etc.? In reality, we should be thankful for them every day. Our moms do so much for us, it doesn't seem fair that they just get one day a year that they are thanked. Every day we should help around the house, run some errands, be nice to our siblings and give our mom's a break.

I am not undermining my mother in any way. In fact, I am doing the opposite. I should be helping my mom every day, as should everyone else. So, Mom, I am sorry that I am so difficult sometimes and don't always help around the house, but I am so thankful for everything you have ever done for me.

So thanks for...

1. Going through the awful thing of child labor.

2. Feeding me.

3. Helping me with my first steps.

4. Making all my birthday cakes when I was younger.

5. Setting up all my play dates so I had friends.

6. Helping me with my homework.

7. Being patient.

8. Always driving me around... before I could drive myself

.9. Teaching me how to drive.

10. Teaching me what is right from wrong.

11. Being my number one fan.

12. Being my shoulder to cry on.

13. Responding to my 1,349,594,203 texts.

14. And calls.

15. Sending me to overnight camp.

16. Making me clean up after myself.

17. Lecturing me about the importance of saving money.

18. But also letting me buy that really cute shirt.

19. Supporting my decisions even when they weren't the smartest.

20. And stopping me before they were really really dumb.

21. Making dinner every night.

22. Keeping the house in order.

23. Making sure our family stays close and has holiday's together.

24. Teaching me the importance of family.

25. Being my mom.

I know I don't tell you this enough, but you are very important to me and I couldn't imagine my life without you. We should really honor our mothers every day and not just this one day a year, because without them, we really wouldn't be here.

Love you to the moon and back,
Your favorite daugher.