Letter to my Mommy

Dear mom,
You have dealt with me and my weirdness for eighteen years (and counting). Many have led me to believe that the exact second that I turned eighteen and go off to college, that you would be out of the equation. But in all honesty, I know that I will bother you no matter where I go. Because you see, you have been my one and true friend since birth, so something as minor as college can't get rid of me. As much as I would love to say that I will continue to find a reason to talk to you or see you just to annoy you, but I would be partially lying. Moving away on my own is scary and exciting all at once, but I really don't know how life will be without seeing you everyday. I know you think of me as mature and that I will be fine on my own, and why should I argue with you when you are right? But independence is frightening. I know that although I will have to learn to be on my own and handle situations that I would usually think "My mom will deal with it", I will always need you. And that right there is what lets me know that I will be okay. Realizing that I will always have someone there for me no matter how alone I feel, knowing that I will always have you in my life will be enough for me. So thank you mommy. For not only dealing with me on all of those nights when I was up until two in the morning trying to finish assignments, upset for what seemed like no reason, or just when I get too goofy and I annoyed you to the point where I know you wanted to hit me (and sometimes you would be I would just laugh it off). But I just want you to know how grateful I am to have stability in this uncertain life of ours and I hope that even when I doubt myself that you will continue to be proud of me and see me as someone that I hope that I am.
Love Lauren aka Lolly