Mom...

Hey Mom,

You may or may not read my blog. Chances are you don't as the computer in your home in your eyes is more of a large decorative item on your desk than anything....and that's ok :) *you anti-Internet queen* I wanted to write you a note however to explain to you the reasons of my appreciation for you.... and whether you never read it at all... I want those who do to know how I feel.

We are so different in so many ways that in lots of ways we are just the same....if that makes any sense to you. Basically..... you and I are built on the 'frame'.... but only the details added to the frame differ from one another.

Mom, the reasons we are the same:

• We both are completely in awe of dear Zachary
• We both love good tea... you just like yours a bit sweeter than mine :)
• We both hate to have people mess with our stuff
• We both love to win games [yes, to include scrabble....hahahaa]
• We both wish there were 3 more days in the weekend
• We both wish we had more time to do neat crafts and staff like that
• We both love feeling like we are needed
• We both feel great when we did a good job and tend to gloat about it a little [nothing wrong with that right?! :)]
• We both think a good sale when out shopping is friggin awesome
• We both love being right about stuff

That's only ten things that I can think of at this very moment.... WOW.

The 'details' in our lives will always be ever changing... However the frames we have been built on will always stay the same. Who builds the frames? Well, the parents. Frames aren't built in one day.... To build the frame of a child is a pure labor of love. To give a child a basis of understanding and a good foundation [i.e. the frame] is the gift that never stops giving. It is something I will be able to take with me forever and pass onto my own dear Zachary. You have given me this good gift without ever asking anything in return but to take out the trash, keep my room clean, and do good in school [along with a few other things]. For this Mom, I appreciate you and thank you for what you have given. You are an angel and we would be lost without you.....really.

I love you, Mom. I really do. You are awesome at caring for others and being creating and fun.

I want to be like you.....maybe without all the Avon though... :)

Love,

Jamie