I have admired you from the day you reached out for your first dream; I have dreamed dreams for you from the day you were born.

I have prayed that life gives you the strength to reach for all you hope for; I have hoped for the gift of love to fill your heart each day of your life.

I have respected you from the first time you said, "Thank you"; I have felt gratitude from the first time I held you in my arms.

I have felt sadness each time you have let me into your pain;

I have felt happiness in my heart each time I have glimpsed your joy.

I have felt thankful to have been Blessed with you for my Child; I have felt Blessed to have the privilege of being a part of your life.

I have Felt wonder each day I watched you grow to be the person you are today; I have felt proud each day of my life.....

Knowing How Blessed I am to have you call me..... "Mother"!

Millie P. Lorenz