Dear Mom,

I am here strong and proud with the thought that I came to life through you.

There are no words in any of the languages I speak to explain our beautiful relationship. Anything I try to say feels like less than what we had.

I celebrate your strength, elegance and wisdom, and your ability to selflessly mother everyone, everywhere! My mother of mothers!

I celebrate all the beautiful times we’ve experienced and the beautiful times I continue to have in my infinite imagination…

First you carried me for nine months and now I will carry you with me throughout my life. I hold our love, which is strong and light, pure and funny, and endless.

I’m so grateful to be part of your strong legacy. I honor all that you taught me and I continue to grow and learn.

I cherish the 37 years I spent with you.

I did not move on; I moved forward, with you, hand in hand!

I celebrate your life today. You may be gone but all that love remains. It warms and comforts and its foundation is as real as ever.

My beautiful mother, today and every single day from now on, your soul is pain free and happy!



Your ever-loving daughter,
Melis