{10.10.07}

dear brenner

mommy is sorry she gets frustrated with you in the mornings sometimes. i guess waking up at 5:45am to go for my only "me time" walks, making your school lunches, laying out your school clothes, making sure your ovaltine is just the right temperature, starting a load of laundry or finishing one, making breakfast that you never finish, making the beds, spending too much time figuring out what i can wear that still fits, making coffee that i'll maybe get two sips of before rushing out the door at 7:40am gets to be too much for mommy sometimes. i love you, i'm proud of you and i'm sorry. 

mama

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brenner's medal for the most laps at his schools annual walk-a-thon.

{grab a tissue...}

dear mama-

i push you. a lot. i do it because i can count on you to push back and i know that you're going to still love me. a lot. i love you because you are the ultimate multi-tasker and the reason i always have a packed lunch. sometimes i forget that you're the center of my family and i act up, but only because i'm 6 and i forget lots of things that don't involve legos, video games, or riding my bike. i'm well cared for - i've never had a dirty face in public, no skinned knee has ever gone unloved, and only you actually know the perfect temperature for my chocolate milk.

love, brenner (and adam)