April 9, 2015
Day Nine - A letter to your parents
Day Nine - A letter to your parents
Dear Mum and Dad,
Thank you for contributing to make me. I wouldn’t be half
the person I am without you two.
Mum – thank you for always being the guide in my life. For
always protecting me, and always being the first to know when something wasn’t
quite right with me. Thank you for giving me a house to live in, and comforting
me when I had nightmares about all of the other children that would pick on me.
Thank you for always putting me first and loving me no matter what I’ve done.
Thank you for also teaching me to be kind and loving towards my friends and
family. I love the people I know, fiercely and without borders – all because of
you.
Dad – thank you for being the quiet in my life, when there
is just so much noise around me – you are the one that gives me the strength to
power through it all. You don’t talk all that much, and while I have the
compulsion to fill silences with pointless drabble, you have taught me that
sometimes being silent is better than anything.
Thank you for being the strong person you are, and carrying me through troubling
times (in spirit usually). Thank you for continuously reassuring me that you’re
always a text or a call away. Reliability is a quality that is hard to find in
people, but I feel like you are one of the most reliable people I know. You
taught me to be a reliable person to all I hold dear to me, and I thank you for
teaching me that. I wouldn’t be the person I am today without you.
No string of words will ever be enough to express just how much
I love and appreciate you both.
Love from your youngest (and best) child.
