I know that, for as long as I’ve known you, you’ve worried about how good of a mother you would be.

I just want to tell you, again, that looking back at the last seven months, I couldn’t be more confident that you are (and will be) an awesome mother.

I’ve watched, again and again, as you put Gracie before your own comfort, desires, and needs, and always in a loving, nurturing way.

Not out of obligation or responsibility, but out of love.

I think that the examples and experiences that you’ve had, have given you the opportunity to either be the mother you feared you would be, or to learn from them and become with mother you wish you’d had.

You have done the latter, and I can’t tell you how much I respect and admire you for that. You’ve always been someone I’ve looked up to, and this is one more example of why.

Our daughter is blessed to have a mom who puts her child’s needs before her own, and does so in love. It means everything to me when I see you playing with her, laughing with her, and creating a bond that only a “good” mother can.

I think that our grandchildren will thank you for the example that you’re setting. I know I do.

You help me be a better “daddy” every day, and if our daughter grows up to be a woman like you, then we’ve succeeded.

I love you,
-Me

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Novelist, blogger, and award winning travel writer, Perry P. Perkins is a stay-at-home dad who lives with his wife Victoria and their year-old daughter Grace, in the Pacific Northwest. Perry has written for numerous parenting magazines and anthologies, and his inspirational stories have been included in eleven Chicken Soup anthologies as well. Examples of his published work can be found online at www.perryperkinsbooks.com, and on his blog at: www.ricecereal.wordpress.com