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Geoff Captain Photography |
This is an open (apology) letter to my three kids on Mother’s Day 2014.
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My first |
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Small World Selfie w/ kid #2 |
In 2000 I was blessed with another daughter, and I apologized again. This daughter was even more girlie than the first...and I thought that was impossible. Oh how wrong I was. There was no way I could keep up with Dora and My Little Pony and Barbie! As they grew there were dresses and makeup and and hair bands and I was as lost as a mom could be. I relied on the teenage neighbor girls (now moms themselves) to help out with “girlie play” and they were great with the girls! I was grateful to my mom, sister, sister-in-laws and best friend, all who took the girls shopping and for manicures and to get their hair done.
As the years passed I tried to introduce sports to the girls, t-ball then soccer but that didn’t work out so well. They did Hip Hop dance, girl scouts and drama club. (sigh)
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Silly mommy |
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Boston fun |
So here is my formal apology to my kids: Kids, I’m sorry you got stuck with me. I’m not girlie and I’m very rarely super serious. I’m sarcastic and I’ll most likely embarrass you all the time. I’ll sing in the car (loudly), even if your friends are in it. I’ll post pictures of you and the funny things you do or say on Facebook. I’ll not be able or willing to buy you everything you want or ask for and I’m ok with that. I’ll say “NO” sometimes and you won’t understand why or be happy about it, but I’ll have my reasons and you’ll just have to accept that. I don’t care what your friends get to do; my house my rules. I expect you to always do your best and I’ll be disappointed if you don’t. I’ll get mad at you sometimes. I’ll make mistakes, but so will you, so we will forgive each other.
I will apologize for this stuff I mentioned here and for tons of other stuff I can’t think of now, but I’m sure will resurface when you are older and yelling at your own kids for something….
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Crazy Mom/Auntie |
I’m sorry you got stuck with me….BUT KNOW THIS: I’m NOT sorry for the unending love I have for you. I’m not sorry for all the nights I laid awake waiting for your fever to break. I’m not sorry for punishing you when you really needed to learn a lesson, even though I cried when you weren’t looking, because it was difficult for me too. I am not sorry that I tell you I love you as much as I can and I’m not sorry that I hug you in public. I’m not sorry I tell you to "make good choices" (in my best Jamie Lee Curtis impression...that is not good at all) because I really mean it.
As Mother’s Day comes each year, I know I’m not the best mom in the world and will never come close. I don’t like flowers and I’m bad at cards and hoopla. All I want is to hang with my kids and to laugh with them. That is the best gift I could ever want and I am not sorry I asked for it.
Thanks for being my kids!
I love you all!