…drives the band in the school bus to and from state basketball tournament games safely…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…sees me and talks to me while checking my groceries…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…gives my sons rides home from church activities…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…stays up a little later to make a lesson plan a little more engaging…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…donates money so our daughter can have scholarships and art grants…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…feeds our missionary son and asks for the recipe of his favorite dessert, even though it is in a different language and has different standard measurements…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…takes time to visit the school to speak encouragement and tell fun stories to my middle schooler…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…reads my self centered words…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…takes time to write to me…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…remembers important days and acknowledges them…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…shares talents…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…RSVP’s to a party invitation even when I don’t ask for it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…shares a real life experience with me, not a contrived version she thinks would be more palatable…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…inspires me to seek deeper meanings in my study of scripture…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…inspires me to be myself…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…notices when we are missing…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…sees that we are trying…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…asks good questions and listens to the answers…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…doesn’t try to define us as just one thing…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…delivers mail in the snow…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…takes away our trash every week…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…selected our piano for their showroom so we could find it in Tucson…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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…planted the trees in the yard…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…selected our white kitchen cabinets…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…wrote the book I finished today…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…shared the Book of Mormon with my family\/ancestors…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel gratitude for you and many, many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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