Thank you for letting me be myself no matter what.

For taking a chance on me when no one else would.

For sacrificing your entire life so that give me mine.

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Dakota Corbin

Thank you for looking like a beluga whale for nine months.

For giving up wine and coffee to see to it I came out okay.

For putting up with morning sickness and contractions that mustve hurt like hell.

For shoving a rather heavy human out of your vagina, you champ.

For still calling me beautiful to this day, even though not much has changed.

Thank you for every sleepless night brought to you by yours truly.

For having to put up with my annoying screeches and ugly crying face that you still see me make.

Thank you for pretending I made sense when I could barely make a sound.

Thank you for spending your whole life savings on hypoallergenic Huggies, because everything else gave me a rash.

Thank you for playing that NSYNC album before bed every night.

Thank you for watching every awful cartoon on TV with me.

Thank you for always being someone I could run to whenever I got scared.

For not laughing when my drawings of cherries looked a little too much like something else.

Thank you for letting me be myself no matter what.

Thank you for showing up to the occasional school event and my grade 8 graduation.

Thank you for being the hot mom that gets hit on way more than I ever have.

Thank you for letting me steal your entire wardrobe, piece by piece.

Thank you for letting me vent over coffees and sometimes something stronger, every time I want to cry.

Thank you for being always being my #1 frequently contacted on my phone.

Thank you for road trips that I wish could last forever.

Thank you for teaching me how to be a strong, independent woman that works for what she wants.

For inspiring me take no shit from any man and to always stay true to who I am.

Thank you for showing me what it means to be selfless.

For showering me with unconditional love.