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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

May 12, 2013

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Dear Mom,

Happy Mother's Day Mom! I want you to know that I care about you and love you.

Thanks for your unceasingly attentive care you give to Dad each day. I really appreciate

your endless hours of hard work taking such good care of him. I know it is not easy and

that your days revolve around making sure that he takes his many medicines, takes his

blood pressure, eats properly, drinks enough liquids, exercises, gets to his doctor

appointments, etc.

I have watched you

throughout my life

and I have seen you

care for the elderly

and down-trodden

and that has always

been a great

example

to me. I

know

that life

has been

filled with sore trials and challenges for you but you continue to press forward

and endure. I hope that you can find comfort and peace in knowing that your

children and grandchildren love you. I know you worry a lot about our family

but it is because you care. Thanks for caring. Thank you for being so good to Megan.

She feels special and has fond memories of the times she has spent with you and Dad.

This past week when I was at Megan's graduation she commented how much she loves

you and is excited to see you and Dad this summer.

Thank you for talking to me on the phone when I call. It means a great deal to me. No

matter our similarities of differences in how we see things or do things, we are family

and you are my mother and I am your daughter. Thank you for raising me and taking

care of me when I was growing up. Thank you for your love, sacrifices and efforts as a

mother. Happy Mother’s day! I love you, Jenny.

P.S I came across this Jewish proverb that made me laugh and happily think of you.

"No joy without wine." Jewish Proverb

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Happy Mother’s Day

Dear Mom, I hope you know how much I love you. I am so thankful for all you’ve done

for me my whole life. I know you sacrificed a lot for me. Thank you for driving me

everywhere I needed to go especially in college when I couldn’t drive for a while. Thank

you for proof reading and typing all my college papers for me too. I was always so

impressed with how much faster you could type than me. I know that I wasn’t always

the easiest child, and I’m sorry about that. But I hope that you know that I always loved

you and I always enjoyed our time together. I could always count on a good time with

you. I loved our time together when we went shopping and eating morning glory

muffins, and sipping coffee, and laughing and talking for hours. Didn’t you like it that I

was always willing to skip school to join you for lunch

too?

Thank you for always

caring for me too. I

remember how you

drove out to Lincoln and

brought me food and

helped to clean our

apartment when I was

sick and pregnant with

Jake. Thank you for

caring for me whenever I

was sick too. I can see why children need a mother because no one else quite feels your

pain like a mother. I remember growing up how sometimes you would surprise us with

something special on holidays, like one year for Valentine’s you decorated the breakfast

table and then carefully placed a pretty wrapped little package on the table for each one

of us with our name on it. You even decorated the name tags. I really loved it when you

did things like that for us. You are so talented and creative too, and you always make

things look so pretty. You are very good at making a nice presentation, whether it’s

with food, a gift or decorating our home. I remember when you came to Utah to visit us

and how we took you to the fabric store in Salt Lake City and you loved it. You let Jake

and Savannah pick out any fabric they wanted and you sewed curtains for their

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bedrooms. Savannah chose a kitty print and Jake chose a Pokemon print and you even

made them their own little pillows. Boy, did they love those pillows. Jake and Savannah

slept with them every night. And not only did you sew curtains for Jake and Savannah’s

bedrooms, but you also made curtains for our living room and our downstairs family

room too. They were so beautiful and I always got a lot of compliments on them.

Thank you. You are so talented. I wish I could sew like you.

Mom, you are a very compassionate

person. You care not only for us, but

you do a lot of nice things for other

people too. I remember how you

would sew curtains, decorate homes

and bring food to others too. This was

a good example for me and taught me

the importance of serving others. I’m

so impressed with how you care for

Dad, preparing his food and making

sure he is taken care of in every way.

You have been very crucial to his

recovery. You worked so hard to take

care of us growing up too, and I

appreciate all the time you spent

cooking, doing our laundry and

cleaning the house for us.

Often times, motherhood is a

very thankless job because it’s

easy to take for granted all the

little things mothers do every

day to care for their families.

So thank you from the bottom of my heart. I remember how you always had a

meal prepared and waiting for us when we got home from school. That was

nice because I was always so hungry. Didn’t I have a good appetite? I always

tell everyone what a great cook my mother is. I love eating your food. I

especially liked it that you were always home after school to feed me too. Your

parmesan fish with broccoli, chicken noodle casserole, and spare ribs with

sauerkraut were some of my favorites. And I remember your fabulous carrot

cake, pecan pie and chocolate chip cookies. I’m always disappointed when I order

carrot cake anywhere because it’s never as good as yours. Your carrot cake is the best

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I’ve ever tasted. I could never understand why other people’s chocolate chip cookies

never tasted like yours. I loved the way you loaded them with nuts and raisins galore.

Your chocolate cookies were the best and that’s how I like to make mine now too. A

mother is truly the heart of the home. When you were happy, we were all happy. Thank

you for all our happy moments growing up.

You were always very good about giving praise and expressing your love to

us too. I always felt

loved as a child, and

I think that it one of

the greatest gifts you

can give to a child.

You always helped

me to feel good

about myself by the

way you always told

me I was

beautiful,

smart

and

talented.

Thank

you for

building me up. I think I've learned much about passion and enthusiasm

from you too. Whatever you liked, you liked a lot. When you are happy, you

are very good about getting silly and really enjoying herself. Remember the

time you came to Utah and you brought your hair wigs to play dress up with

Savannah. You and I and Savannah put them on and danced around the

living room acting goofy and laughing hysterically. Oh, what fun! We’ve

always had fun together, getting silly and acting crazy despite Dad telling us

to calm down. I’ve enjoyed all our time together. How many daughters can

say that? I’ve always thought I have such a pretty mother, and I want you to know that I

think you are very lovely Mom in every way. I love you Mom, and I hope you have a

wonderful Mother’s Day because you deserve it. Love, Tina

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Happy Mother’ Day Mom!

We love you !

Tony, Brady and Davis

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Dear Mom,

Happy Mother’s Day!

We want to wish you a

Happy Mother's Day!

You are a strong,

caring, and creative

person. Your will to

help others is inspiring.

The way you have

taken such good care

of dad is just

admirable. We thank

you so much for all the

help you have given us

when we have called

on you to help out with

Emma and Eric. You've

really been a lifesaver for us many times. We are so appreciative and blessed to have

you so close to us. We want you to know how much we love you! You are so very

special to us!

Love, Jason & Becca

Happy Mother's Day, Mom.

Thank you for all that you do for me and for

my family, Love, Jason

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Happy

Mother’s Day

Grandma Judi

I have so many

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