Thank You For...

> Thank you for:
>
> The moon and the stars. You said I could reach them.
> Showing me how to catch a butterfly and the reasons to set it free.
> Knowing the answers to questions of meaningless things.
> Protecting me from the monster under my bed. Knowing it was a
> shoe.
> Listening to my stories about nothing at all. Laughing at my
> jokes that weren't funny at all.
> Coming along on my adventures both big and small. Real or
> imagined.
> Surrounding me with love when the world was so big.
> Letting me fall and always being there to pick me up.
> Watching me grow and giving me gentle pushes along the way.
> Comforting me when no one else could.
> Sharing your life experiences so I'd understand the person you became.
> And finally letting me go and knowing I can always return.
>
> If I had known. Oh God, if I had known:
> You would leave me so soon.
> I would have given you those stars. But you can touch them now.
> I have one more story to tell you can you stay a moment longer?
> .
> I'm sure there's another monster under my bed. Do you see it?
> I need to hold you in my arms and surrounded you with all the
> love I have.
>
> You have gone at all.
> I feel your arms around me. I can smell your perfume.
> Even now you still comfort me.
> Listen to my stories.
> You've snared that monster under my bed. I found that lost shoe.
> I feel those familiar pushes along the way. Watch me grow.
>
> Because of you:
> I can set a butterfly free.
> I have the stars and the moon within my reach.
> I can fall and stand on my own.
> I am inspired to go on.
> I will become the person I am meant to be.
>
> Thank you for sharing your life with me and I hope I make you
> proud.
>
> With these thoughts in my head and my heart. I blow you a kiss
> and tell you I love you. I hope you can hear me.
>
> Love
> your daughter.