Day #3 My Parents

Dear Mom, Dad, Kelly and David,

This is going to be a long letter. How does a person go about writing a letter to their 4 parents?? Well, here we go.

Mom,
I love you very much. I want to thank you for showing me how to save money and spend wisely. For teaching me how to make my own way in the world. For showing me the value of a good book and a good education. Thank you for showing me the outlet that keeps me sane, writing. Thank you for teaching my that hate comes from ignorance and teaching me to not be ignorant. Thank you for showing me what it means to be a truly compassionate person. I am not really sure who I would be if you weren't my mom.

Dad,
I love you very much. I hope you know that. I am sorry that I don't see you as often as I would like too. Please know that I think of you often in the little things that I do. I can't make peanut butter brownies without thinking of the many times you and I made them together late at night. Thank you for being the type of dad who lets me have my own life. Thank you for showing me the value of hard work. Thank you for understanding how important my independence is and for allowing me to have it.

Kelly,
I love you very much. I am sorry I was such a brat when I was little. Thank you for understanding that I was simply hurt, angry and confused by all the changes that were going on in my life when you first came into it. Thank you for giving me time to get used to the idea of having you around. Thanks for not trying to be another mom to me but rather an adult friend who I could confide in and look up to. Thanks for understanding that was what I needed. I appreciate all that you have done for me. The shopping trips, the late night sleepovers with my friends you supervised, doing my hair and later my make-up, taking my senior pictures, just being there for me and so much more. I am glad that you now have two kids that are really your own to make you want to pull your hair out. They are both beautiful and I could not love them more if they were my full brothers. Thanks for bring them into my life.

David,
I love you very much. You are the only man that has ever come into my mom's life that has made her truly happy and for that more than anything else I will always be eternally grateful to you. I am so happy that you are there with her especially now that her babies have grown up and gone their separate ways. I know she will appreciate the company. I can think of no one better to be my step-dad. Thank you for taking care of me like I was your own daughter. Thank you for all the advice and for all the car repairs. I do take it all very seriously even if I don't always do as you tell me to. I know that I should. Please know that even though you were the last parent to come into my life that does not mean that I love you any less. There is always room in my life and in my heart for you too.

The 4 of you almost never get along. It seems to me that you spend most of your time fighting despite the fact you live so far apart and despite the fact that you all want the same thing; what is best for Nick and me. I love you all despite your differences. You have all helped to shape the person that I am. I hope you know that I would not be me without every single one of you in my life. I hope that when you fight, you remember that.

Love You All to the Moon and Back Again

Dani