-For subscribing to the Book of the Month club and reading to me when I was a preschooler. It gave me a love for reading and helped me learn how.
-For the garden in our backyard on the farm. I thought of it today when I planted mine.
-For teaching me how to say "please" and "thank you."
-For sending cards to relatives on their birthdays, so I would know the importance of being remembered.
-For the sacrifices you made to allow me to take piano lessons, gymnastics, and go to church camp even when times were lean.
-For listening to me talk on and on about some boy I met at college named Eric.
-For reminding Dad to call his mom. I have an outstanding relationship with my in-laws and it's partly due to that memory of the importance of staying in touch.
-For teaching me love of family, commitment to marriage, and the precious place of children in the life of a family.
-For reading your Bible every day, because I learned this spiritual discipline early from watching you.
-For taking a stand on the truth of the word of God, even when it was unpopular in the church we attended. From that I learned that the Bible, not popular opinion, is the final word on any issue.
-For teaching me that it is important to have solid values and to examine the truths of faith to make them my own.
-For being a listening ear through a miscarriage and then my early days of motherhood when I had my long-awaited firstborn.
-For your support and empathy in raising a strong-willed child.
-For loving your grandkids and making your home a special place for them.
For this and so much more, I'm glad you're my mom.
(Thanks, Erin, for inspiring this post.)
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