this is katie

Dear Mom,

You already received my card I know, but I love you dearly and I'm so very sad that I'm not hanging out with you on Mother's Day, but am instead doing the whole school thing.
Thank you for all of your prayers and support. I wouldn't be where I am in school if it weren't for your continued calming and loving presence in my life. How very much credit I owe to you. When I finish this degree next May, it will be partly yours. Especially since you are always the one cleaning up the "blood, sweat, and tears," as some would say. 
I miss you madly today (and everyday really).  I can't wait until the next time we can hang out, get coffee, go shopping, read together, clean out a closet, sew a quilt, and just get to be friends together.
Love you so very much. 
Yours truly...especially since you gave me birth and a name ;),