My children, let me tell you something about this mother’s love. This might be the most important thing I tell you. So, can you do me a quick favor please? Can you find a quiet space and turn off your phone and concentrate on this letter for just this minute? I’ll wait until you are ready…

Dear My Perfect Child,

I. Love. You.

It doesn’t matter if you think that you’re too tall, or too short, or too skinny, or too fat, I love you still.

It doesn’t matter if you win or if you lose, I love you still.

If you get an A+ or if you get an F-, I love you still.

It doesn’t matter if you think you aren’t fast enough or if you think you can’t jump high enough, I love you.

When you are happy, I love you.  When you are sad, I love you. When you are mad, I love you.

Whether you are whispering, singing, or yelling, I am loving you.

If you go to night school, trade school or fancy college, I will be loving you still.

When your days are serious or silly or shy or shouty, I love you.

If you work on people’s hearts, or hands or homes, I love you still.

If your passion is nature or numbers or nurturing, I love you.

If you are a tinkerer or a tumbler or a tomboy, I love you.

Whether you are a writer or a runner or a rapper, I love you still.

Whenever you are wondering or worrying or wishing, I am loving you.

No matter who you love, I love you and no matter who loves you, I love you.

When you love you, I love you too.

When you don’t love you, I love you for us both.

The possibilities of your great big life are endless, as is my love for you.

There is no single moment in your life that could make me love you less, ever… ever… ever.

You see, I do not expect you to grow up be a perfect person for me to love you, because to me you have been perfect from the day you were born. A perfectly styled and crafted version of you. And I love you!

My heart carries you with me every second of everyday and in those seconds, minutes and hours of the days of your life, I love you.

Love,

Mom