Thanks Mom,
for being an amazing role model, teacher and my
biggest fan.
Thanks for buying healthy foods to eat
and preparing healthy
meals,
even when I complained.
Thanks for serving salad every night.
Eventually I learned to
like it!
Thanks for setting reasonable limits
around food and not
allowing me to eat
whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.
Thanks for encouraging me to exercise,
not just for my physical
health,
but for my mental health.
Thanks for being supportive and
understanding and not judgmental
when I struggled with my weight.
Thanks for sharing your own challenges around making healthy choices
and finding
time to exercise. I knew it was hard,
but I saw you making it a
priority.
Thanks for making me play soccer and stay
with it even when I
wanted to quit.
I stuck with it and loved it.
Thanks for setting limits around watching TV.
I might have
gone over the allotted one hour a day, but not by much.
Thanks for making “just enough" food and not enormous quantities
so I did not overeat
just because it was there.
Thanks for limiting treats but not eliminating treats.
Thanks for calling me at college to encourage me to go
running, knowing that I would feel better even though I was stressed and
overwhelmed with finals and thought I didn’t have time.
Thanks for taking time out for your own health
so I knew I
could do the same,
especially when I became a mom.
Thanks for showing me that it does not matter how busy you
are with work, family, activities,
you still must find time to take of
yourself.
Thanks for taking us on active family vacations. Even though
I was 12 and did not want to
go hiking with you in Canyonlands,
you all went
without me, and I missed out.
Now I love to hike.
Thanks for encouraging me to pursue a career in health that
involves helping others.
Thank you for encouraging me to find
a job and a career that
I love.
Thanks for teaching me how to be a
good role model for my
children.
Happy Mother's Day!