My mother-in-law turned 80 on Friday. we weren't about to be with her on her birthday so instead, we sent her a card along with a letter titled "80 Things We Love about you" Each of us came up with 20 things. It was one of those things that cost us very little, but meant the world. Here is the list.
Mark
- I love you because you carried me for 9 months and gave birth to me
- I love you because you and I learned the parenting thing together because I was your first
- I love you because you have always been my biggest advocate and supporter
- I love you because you have always been my prayer warrior
- I love you because you always forgave me when I did wrong
- I love you because you always gave me hope and bucked me up when I thought the world was crashing around me
- I love you because you always gave me the birthday parties that made my friends jealous (who can forget the Halloween-themed birthday party where all the mums dressed up as clowns and especially the famous “chuck wagon western” birthday party. You and Dad always went all out !
- I love you because you were always there with realistic advice about the future.
- I love you because you helped me say my prayers. (Still saying my prayers 52 years later)
- I love you because you helped me learn that adversity can make you stronger but only if you learn from it.
- I love you because you adopted Christine as one of your own.
- I love you because when I think back to my childhood, I remember it and treasure it as a most perfect childhood. I know you say that you and dad were so poor at the time, but I never knew it, it was perfect to me.
- I love you for all the thought and care you put into selecting and wrapping little gifts for my Christmas stocking and Easter Basket.
- I love you because you never gave up on me when I was near death’s door with pneumonia when I was in first grade.
- I love you because when Donna and I broke up you were the only one who understood how devastated I was and supported me during that time.
- I love you because you and Dad did everything you could to prove to the schools and principal that I was intelligent and they were missing the fact that I had dyslexia.
- I love you for being such a great grandmother, teacher and babysitter to Ned and Ross.
- I love you for making all our house moves (11?) a fun experience, back then you always made it seem that moving was the most natural thing in the world. You always had everything 100% under control and were so organized.
- Thank you for teaching me about style and understated elegance. Did I mention that I love your Interior Designer skills? I still brag to all my friends that my mum was and is the best Interior Designer that I have ever known!
- I don’t think I ever told you how special my Groom’s Dinner was. Thank you for all the hours of planning and decision making that went into that celebration. It is a one of those red letter events that stick out in my memory. So many of the “red letter” events in my mind include you.
Christine
- I love you because you accepted my as your daughter from the start
- I love you because you were always you have shown me what a model mother-in-law should be like (not that I am planning on being one for a long time J )
- I love you because you are always willing to listen
- I love you because you taught a young inexperienced girl how to make a house a home
- I love you because you were never afraid to get on the floor and play with the kids
- I loved the times we spent at the cottage drinking wine on the porch and just talking
- I love your sense of style and color. You always picked out outfits that I would never thought of wearing that looked great.
- I love hearing your stories when you and Dad were dating
- l love the home you created in Vail – that holds so many special memories for our family
- I love you for the love and support you have given me throughout the past 25 years.
- I love the way you ask for a “light
- I love seeing the joy in your eyes when you spend time with your grandkids
- I love the fact that you aren’t afraid to speak your mind and tell people what you think
- I love you for believing in me when others didn’t
- I love you for creating so many Christmas and other holiday memories for our family
- l love you for being such a great example of a Christian woman
- l love your for all of your advice and counseling you have given me over the years.
- l love you for raising such an incredible son who is truly my Prince Charming
- I love you for being a friend
- I just love you for being you!
- I love you playing the Dinosaur game with me
- I love how you always makes good food
- I love that you are so generous
- I love you for giving me a chance to get into something that I really love
- I love you for believing in me
- I love that you came to a lot of my hockey games
- I loved watching movies at your old house
- I loved the playmobile little figurines you always had at your house
- I loved that you always had something new at your house
- I love being able to swim and hang out with all my cousins at your house
- I love you for driving me to work when I was in
- I loved to the toy store in Wayzata with you
- Getting ice cream when we were young
- You always bought whatever me or Ross was selling for hockey or boy scouts
- Made me to try to do my best at everything
- Coming to visit you in Arizonia
- Having dinner at your house
- I love you being supportive
- I love that you are so understanding
- I love that you are so giving
Ross
- I love how you always have peanut butter cookies
- I love driving around in your BMW
- I love how you always want us to look our best
- I loved playing dinosaurs with you as a child
- loved going to Wayzata beach with you and playing in the sand
- I loved having our own play room in your house in Wayzata
- I loved having you tell me stories about grandpa
- hearing stories about my father as a child
- I love that whenever i come to see you the weather is 100x's warmer then in
- I love that you always encouraging us to dream big
- I love that when you visited for aunt Sandra’s wedding and we got lost in Minneapolis/Edina for three hours
- I love that during the summer you use to be always just three hours away in paradise (cottage)
- I love it when you put the pool heater on a week before we come to visit, so that the poor will be nice and warm when we arrive
- I love both of the cars that you passed down to me (Blazer & Escape)
- love sitting around talking to her about when i was a baby
- I love that you bought me my very first blink-182 CD. I have been obsessed with them ever since
- I love that every time I see you, you complains about how I am taller then you
- I love going to the Lafayette Club with you and all the fun memories
- I love how you bring our whole family together
- I love how you keep Emily and Madeline (even aunt Pam) in line
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