Hello My Lovelies...

Dear Braedon, Riley and Kasen,

I've been wanting to do this for a very long time. Years ago, I read a birthday letter that my friend Danae wrote to one of her children.  I loved it so much that I vowed to write you each a letter on your birthday every year.

I've been ok at that and will post the old letters on this blog, but a few weeks ago, I was reading through some of those old letters and posts and felt the urge to write about all sorts of things that happen in your lives, not just on your birthday's. 

So here they are...I'll be writing my thoughts, memories and feelings to you here. And each year, I'm going to print off those letters in a book, until one day, when you're all grown up, you'll have all these to read and remember times in your life that you may have forgotten.  Most of all, I want you to be able to read about things that happened in your life from my point of view.

 Of course, I'm your mother, so my thoughts of you, and my dialogue will be from me to you, but that's ok. That's how it's meant to be. These letters don't mean that I don't talk and communicate with you daily, but they're a compilation of memories for me too. There's so many things that happen each day, week, and year and over time, I forget about them.   Like just the other day, when Kasen cried about leaving his favorite ball outside and a dog bit it and it popped.  It was such a horrific thing for him, but if I didn't write about those things, pretty soon, we'd forget them.

I wonder, when you're all grown up and adults, what your perception of these things will be and what your perception of my thoughts will be.  Especially as you grow into men and have children of your own.  I love each of you more than I could have ever thought possible...you make me laugh, cry, and sometimes scream, but you also teach me so much about life.  So let's get started...