Dear Mom,
Happy Mother's Day.
I need to say something I don't say to you nearly enough:
thank you.
Thank you for being so incredibly you.
I know I threw a kink in your life when I called 2 years ago telling you I needed to come home.
I know that it was not the ideal thing to happen - I know this.
But you never wavered.
The night I decided to end my life - the time I was at my absolute darkest - your voice (and Jesus') came into my head clear as day -
"come home."
So I did what every child should do - I listened to my mom.
and that was the best decision I've ever made.
Thank you for supporting me in every way possible.
For pushing me to follow and pursue my dreams.
For teaching me how to speak on the phone with adults.
For helping me understand that having a boyfriend is not the most important thing in life.
For teaching me about modesty and humbleness.
For being silly and so funny. Especially when you fall asleep on the couch in the evenings :)
For reminding me that love (and life) is hard - but worth it.
I have seen you triumph in so many areas of your life.
I have seen you push through and up during times when there was no light.
Pressing into God and leaning on His guidance, you have shown me and Josh what it means to be a true woman of God.
When our lives turned upside down you were the rock of our family and I don't think I could ever express how much that means to me.
You showed me what strength looks like and I can only hope to model that in my own life.
You have quickly become my best friend since moving home.
My forever shopping date.
My forever Dollar Store candy and a movie date.
Those things are little but MAN I love them - we should never stop.
I am so thankful to have such a light in my life.
Thank you for being you and creating me to be who I am supposed to be.
I love you.
I'm so glad I get to be called your daughter.
Love,
Hannah
