Mom Congress asked everyone to participate in their Back-to-School Blog-a-thon this week by writing a letter to their children as they start a new school year to tell them how they are going to make their school year the best it can be. Here is my letter to my daughter, Alisa.
Dear Alisa,
I am writing to you, wishing I could be looking at you and holding your hands as I talk. I would tell you that everything I do centers around my love for you. I would tell you that you are the most important person in my life so your happiness and well-being is the most important thing in my life. I would tell you that because I love you I want you to be safe and healthy and alive. I would share with you information on why to avoid alcohol as a teen, such as how it can make you sick, lead to sexual assault, lead to early death, lead to alcoholism, not to mention it is illegal. I would want to hear your opinions about it. I would like to share with you some ways to help you make good choices. I would share with you clear guidelines and consequences, not because I want to be mean but because I want you to be healthy and safe. And I would tell you to never ride with someone who has been drinking – ever.
But, I can’t tell you any of those things. I am sure you thought it would never happen to you – that terrible things only happen to someone else. But you became that someone else when you rode with a friend who chose to drink and then drive. You became that someone who was killed. So, I sometimes joke that when I get to heaven to be with you…you are grounded for getting into that car! But, I won’t. Instead, I will just cry tears of joy to see you again and hug you and kiss you and hold you and tell you I have missed you and I love you so much.
I love you to ‘finity,
Mom
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