I would like to take this time to thank you for all that
you do on a daily basis and have been doing my whole
life . . . I am so thankful that I get to drive in with you
[to school] everyday and that you listen and care about
the things going on in our lives. I also want to thank
you for all the work you do for our church. Every week
you work to provide a great lineup of worship that
allows everyone to enter in and glorify God every
Sunday . . . I thank you for being there whenever I need
you. I thank you that when the world is against me
that you stand up for me and you are my voice when
I can’t speak for myself. I thank you for caring about
my life and wanting to be involved. I thank you for the
words of encouragement and hugs of love that get me
through every storm. I thank you for sitting through
countless games in the cold and rain and still having
the energy to make dinner and all the things you do.
I thank you for raising me in a Christian home where
I have learned who God was and how to serve
him . . . I am so blessed to have you as my mommy
and I have no idea what I would have done without
you. I love you a million hugs and kisses (Excerpt
from a 17 year-old female student’s gratitude letter).