Gratitude To a Mother

when I didn’t say it i meant on every single day you spent deprived of sleep weary and blue to say thanks for all the things that you do thank you for producing two gorgeous dots thank you for not losing the plot thank you for going to Target and Trader Joes thank you for picking up diapers, food and clothes thank you for keeping the refrigerator stocked and clean thank you for picking up yogurt, mushrooms, peaches and ice cream thank you for working out our weekly meals thank you for rushing to the babies when they squeal thank you for looking after our team thank you (again) for buying more ice cream thank you for giving up so much sleep thank you for dressing the girls as sheep thank you for always making the bed thank you for dealing with me and my sore head thank you for being the person on who we depend thank you for sending out thank you notes to family and friends thank you for tolerating my bad jokes and lines thank you for filling up my glass with wine thank you for helping me recover from my bike fall thank you for going back to work, tired and all thank you for directing us through the easy and the tough thank you for breastfeeding even when you have had enough thank you for choosing this wonderful life thank you for being a friend, mother and wife