1. I love you because you are sober. I know it’s hard and you have to work at it everyday.
2. I love you for giving birth to my best friend, my sister.
3. I love you for picking Dad.
4. I love your ability to make people laugh (maybe not so much when I was a teenager).
5. I love that you ADORE your grandkids and feed them cookies for lunch.
6. I love all your paintings. You are an amazing artist.
7. I love shopping with you because you take your time, just like me, and look at everything.
8. I love that you and Dad continue to show us what a good marriage is.
9. I love that you still call me Baby and Sweetheart.
10. I love that you fought for your life and came back more gifted and wiser.

Thank you for being my mother and loving me. Geez…I need a tissue!