Mum

Someone once said that we often regret the things that we don’t say and I know i do, even though I told you that I loved you ever waking moment and hugged you every chance I got even if it annoyed you at times. I truly am sorry mum; I’m sorry for taking you for granted in the hard times; I’m sorry for not always doing the dishwasher or cleaning my room and I’m sorry for always talking over the films we watched together.

You were always there for me, through the hard years of my life. Honestly they need to do some investigating into your hugs because I swear they could cure me from a million negative feelings.

During the past 2 years while Jake and Hannah were both at University I got you all to myself (and Dad). It was us against the world. We would watch cheesy rom coms together and play those board games that Dad hated.

I cherished all of the car rides that we went on to and from badminton. I actually enjoyed being your Passenger Princess more then going to the actual destination. Those 40 minute car rides felt like 5 minutes to me because I talked the whole way but I bet it felt like a lot longer for you. Every time you would stop off at the petrol station so that we could fill up on snacks. And we would sing duets and debrief our weeks all of the way home.

Honestly I will never forget the car ride where you described me as your best friend, maybe it was to shut me up but that moment will stay with me forever.

I suppose what I really really want to say to you mum, something that I definitely didn’t say enough is thank you. Thank you for always answering my facetime calls whenever or wherever you or I were, thank you for always being a gracious loser when I beat you in Catan and thank you for always being there when I needed someone to talk to or just to hug.

Thank you for every single camping holiday we went on, thank you for being the glue that holds our family together, thank you for always doing what’s best for us kids, thank you for raising me to be kind and respectful and always see things from other people’s point of views but most of all thank you for making me the girl i am today.

Because of you i am kind, strong, beautiful, caring and apologetic. I will most definitely bring you up in every conversation i have because i will never get bored of talking about you. You are and always will be my rock and my best friend. I realise now that i am so lucky to miss you every day, as it shows just how amazing you and our relationship is.

I’ll forever be grateful and proud to call you my mum. everything i say and do in life from now on will be for you and i really hope to make you proud.

I love you endlessly mum.

Rebecca