Birthday letter for mom

Dear Mum,

I have been trying to remember the first thing I ever loved about you, and I think it was your voice. Before I understood a single word, I knew that voice meant I was safe. It still does.

As I got older, I collected more reasons. The way you turned rainy afternoons into adventures with nothing but blankets and a flashlight. The way you clapped the loudest at every school concert, even when I was the one hitting the wrong notes. The way you listened to my endless stories about friends you had never met, as if they were the most important news in the world. To you, they were.

I do not think I ever thanked you properly for any of it. Children rarely do. We take the warm house and the full fridge and the steady love for granted, because you made it all look effortless. I know now that it was not.

S Sam

Dear Mum, I have been trying to remember the first thing I ever loved about you, and I think it was your voice. Before I understood a single word, I knew that voice meant I was safe. It still does. As I got older, I collected more reasons. The way you turned rainy afternoons into adventures with nothing but blankets and a flashlight. The way you clapped the loudest at every school concert, even when I was the one hitting the wrong notes. The way you listened to my endless stories about friends you had never met, as if they were the most important news in the world. To you, they were. I do not think I ever thanked you properly for any of it. Children rarely do. We take the warm house and the full fridge and the steady love for granted, because you made it all look effortless. I know now that it was not. So thank you, Mum, for every ordinary day you made extraordinary. I hope your birthday is filled with the same care you have poured into everyone else. With love and gratitude,

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Dear Mum,

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S Sam

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🎉 Dear Mum, I have been trying to remember the first thing I ever loved about you, and I think it was your voice. Before I understood a single word, I knew that voice meant I was safe. It still does. As I got older, I collected more reasons. The way you turned rainy afternoons into adventures with nothing but blankets and a flashlight. The way you clapped the loudest at every school concert, even when I was the one hitting the wrong notes. The way you listened to my endless stories about friends you had never met, as if they were the most important news in the world. To you, they were. I do not think I ever thanked you properly for any of it. Children rarely do. We take the warm house and the full fridge and the steady love for granted, because you made it all look effortless. I know now that it was not. So thank you, Mum, for every ordinary day you made extraordinary. I hope your birthday is filled with the same care you have poured into everyone else. With love and gratitude,

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Dear Mum,
I have been trying to remember the first thing I ever loved about you, and I think it was your voice. Before I understood a single word, I knew that voice meant I was safe. It still does.
As I got older, I collected more reasons. The way you turned rainy afternoons into adventures with nothing but blankets and a flashlight. The way you clapped the loudest at every school concert, even when I was the one hitting the wrong notes. The way you listened to my endless stories about friends you had never met, as if they were the most important news in the world. To you, they were.
I do not think I ever thanked you properly for any of it. Children rarely do. We take the warm house and the full fridge and the steady love for granted, because you made it all look effortless. I know now that it was not.
So thank you, Mum, for every ordinary day you made extraordinary. I hope your birthday is filled with the same care you have poured into everyone else.
With love and gratitude,

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