Jack,
I'm writing you this letter the day after Thanksgiving in the quiet early hours of the morning when the world is obsessing over saving a dime at Black Friday. My gratitude for you is worthy of thanks for all the days that follow Thanksgiving.
You were a surprise. I didn't know it at the time, but you were going to change me in a way I cannot explain to anyone who has not yet experienced having a child. I can say a few words to any mom and she gets it almost instantly, but when I try to tell my kidless friends how I'm different now I can't seem to articulate it.
After a long exhausting day, seeing you renews my spirit. It doesn't matter what happens in life, holding you brings me back to my center, my happy place. I give thanks for you this morning and tomorrow and the next day and all the days to come.
You are my gratitude. You are my heart. My center. I am so deeply thankful for you today, the day after Thanksgiving.
Mom
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