September 5, 2010

Dear McKenna,

I wrote you a letter and I put it in a card for you and I gave it to you while we celebrated your first day of middle school. I wrote how proud I was to be your mother, how my heart is bursting with pride and how I must let you open your wings and let you fly, but to always know that when you were ready to land there was always going to be a place for you. Your first day went well, actually your first 3 days have gone well. I am so happy about that.

I told you today that this year I am going to push you, I am going to be there pushing you along. You need me to push because you are not the type to push yourself. You have 3 years left and off to high school you go. I want so much for you, McKenna. I want you to be someone, I want you to have better than me and maybe you won't like my pushing, but I can't help but think that you will thank me later in life for that push. Your dad and I took you to the library today and we made you take out two books, one you picked out yourself so you could read it to me and the other book we made you pick out about the 50 states. That one is to help you learn about them. I made you write down all 50 states and their capitals on a piece of paper. I know, it's a terrible thing for me to make you do on a Saturday, but it is my way of pushing you. You're 11 years old, you should know your states and I'm going to help you learn about them. This, I'm hoping, will help you with your reading and your writing. You hate reading (which I have such a hard time understanding because I could read all day if given the opportunity), but I keep telling you there are 3 things you need to be able to do in life; read, write and math. We can do this, McKenna, we can do it together.


You are a wonderful daughter, you're beautiful inside and out and I just pray that you always stay that way. Don't EVER let anyone change you.

Love you now and forever,

Mom
xoxo