Linden Knot
“When my day goes sideways, one text from you puts it back on track. You have been my calm for a long time now.”
“Our story has had a lot of good chapters, but this one is my favorite. It starts with you, our baby and a love I did not know was possible.”
“Of everything we have built together, our family is what I am proudest of. And so much of what makes it wonderful came from you.”
“I let my pride get in the way, and you paid the price for it. That was not fair, and I am sorry with all my heart.”
“Keep me in your heart, for you are always in mine. Just remember no matter how near or far apart, I am always right there in your heart. Nothing and nobody, not even time, will change that.”
“People have been getting the two of us mixed up since before we could correct them. Not one of them noticed we are not remotely the same person, and I did.”
“You spend all day in a room full of questions, noise and energy. So tonight I have planned a quiet dinner, and nobody is raising a hand.”
“We have built one garden, three fences and a kitchen that nearly ended us. I would start all of it again tomorrow with the same person holding the other end.”
“Nobody expects you to be a perfect mother, least of all me. Our baby just needs you, and you are already more than enough.”
“We have never once divided anything down the middle or counted whose turn it was. One of us picks it up when the other cannot, and that is the whole system.”
“Your parents have to do the rules and the worrying and all of the hard talks. I get the kitchen table and the long afternoons and none of the lecturing.”
“You learned which chair she likes and which program she watches and what she takes in it. None of that is in any job description. You went and learned it all anyway.”
“I have not been my best lately, and you have borne the brunt of it. None of it was your fault, and you did not deserve my short temper.”
“I have heard about this day for months now, and in remarkable detail. None of it prepared me for actually seeing you standing there in it.”
“You have taught so many children, and now you get to teach our own. Our baby has no idea how lucky they are to have you for a mom.”
“Even in the hardest weeks, you found one good thing to be thankful for. Most days, the good thing I found was you.”
“I know the nights are long right now and the sleep is short. We will get through them together, one lullaby and one sunrise at a time.”
“Some days you are running on coffee and about four hours of sleep. And you still find the patience for one more story and one more hug.”
“You have something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Here is one more thing to carry with you today, and it is your dad's love.”
“You had a whole room to look after and you still noticed me in it. One sentence from you changed what I thought I was capable of.”
“Every second away from you breaks my heart. I can't stand being apart. Please know that I love you more than any fight we will ever have. You mean everything to me.”
“You used to wear a paper crown on your birthday from breakfast to bedtime. You may have outgrown the crown, but to me you are still the guest of honor.”
“Let us put the phones down this weekend and go somewhere, just you and me. No chores and no schedule, just a good dinner and your company.”
“I am proud of you for so many things that I rarely say out loud. Your patience, your courage and the way you never give up on the people you love.”