April 30th

Thank you for accepting all of my collect calls during that summer when I was in Mississippi. I can't even imagine how you felt.

April 29th

Thank you for taking us to Dollywood and dancing in the aisle during the shows. I'll never forget how embarrassed Kimmie was!

April 28th

Thank you for worrying about me still to this day.

April 27th

Thank you for letting all of my friends stay at the house the night that Ms. S died. It was so good to have everyone there together, we all needed that.

April 26th

Thank you for giving me my beautiful cross necklace on my graduation day.

April 25th

Thank you for not telling me I was crazy to get married so young. I knew the odds were against me, but I knew I was doing the right thing.

April 24th

Thank you for not making me be a "girly girl" and instead letting me wear umbros and t-shirts. I eventually got a little better...

April 23rd

Thank you for getting me a birthstone ring for my 13th birthday.

April 22nd

Thank you for taking us to the Melbourne or Jensen Beach malls to shop so we could find different things than everyone else.

April 21st

Thank you for teaching me to play solitaire (even if I can only win like once in a blue moon).

April 20th

Thank you for making me laugh so hard the night we tried to put Daddy's desk together (or even tried to get it up the driveway).

April 19th

Thank you for letting me drive your bright blue Neon around town when you didn't need it. I always thought I was so cool!

April 18th

Thank you for letting me come to your office and "work" when I was younger.

April 17th

Thank you for teaching me how to make a pot roast.

April 16th

Thank you for flying up here and being here the week of April 16th, 2007. It is still one of the hardest weeks when I think back on my teaching career. I'm so thankful that you were here with me and for me.

April 15th

Thank you for loving me no matter what size I am. Big, little, fat, skinny, etc. You see me as the same daughter no matter what, and your love is always, always unconditional.

April 14th

Thank you for finding me the best allergist in all of the Treasure Coast when I was so sick.

April 13th

Thank you for proving over and over again that dynamite does in fact come in small packages.

April 12th

Thank you for teaching me that when the going gets tough, you just dig your heels in and get to work.

April 11th

Thank you for brushing my hair and not being gentle so I now have a tough head.

April 10th

Thank you for talking me into carrying a purse.

April 9th

Thank you for talking me into trying (and liking) sour cream and guacamole (and yes, this post is on Daddy's birthday because it was from when we would eat nachos in the mall when you guys would go on dates).

April 8th

Thank you for buying me a birthday cake every single year and always singing "Happy Birthday" to me no matter how old I was.

April 7th

Thank you for singing Cyndi Lauper out loud in the car with me when I was a kid.

April 6th

Thank you for flying up to visit as often as you can.

April 5th

Thank you for teaching me how to balance my checkbook.

April 4th

Thank you for teaching me to stand up for myself.

April 3rd

Thank you for always standing up for me.

April 2nd

Thank you for putting me on the swim team when I was young and teaching me not to be afraid.

April 1st

Thank you for allowing me to go away to college.