JaclynOConnor_picDear Mom,

Mother’s Day is coming up and I can’t help but to think about how much I love you, not only on that day, but also on every other day of the year. Your selflessness has never failed to get me through anything and everything and, for that, I can’t thank you enough.

Thank you for giving me the best advice. Whether I’m fighting with a friend or crying about bad grades, you always know what to say to turn a bad situation into a bearable one. I can always count on you to give me tough love when I need to be put back into my place.

Thank you for always making yourself available when I needed a ride to school or from one side of town to the other. Even if you were already comfortable in your bed, you never hesitated to jump up and come get me.

Thank you for always keeping me safe. Whether it’s driving me home from a late night out or contacting the travel agency when I was stuck at a Mexican airport with no ride to my hotel, you were there for me no matter what.

Thank you for being the best travel companion. There’s no one else in the world that I would’ve wanted to roam the streets of Italy with. We shared some of the best memories that I will never forget.

teach, inspire, motivateThank you for calling me 100 times at night to check up on me. Although I’ve told you how annoying that is, deep down I truly appreciate that more than you know. When you worry about me, it shows me just how much you care about me and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.

Thank you for believing in me. You have never given up on me, even when I was about to give up on myself. You’ve believed that I had the ability to overcome anything, no matter how difficult it may have seemed. Your faith in me has gotten me so far, which is evident in the fact that I’m graduating from college this Mother’s Day weekend.

I’m so lucky to have you as my role model and my best friend. I hope to be half the mother that you are one day. Thank you for being you.

Love always,
Jac

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