JiaLin's Perfect Heart
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What the parent wrote
“I want a Mother's Day storybook to celebrate myself and my daughter. I waited a long time before she came, and I feel so blessed she's here. She is exactly right. I've loved her since forever, and I love her no matter what — when she's cute, when she's angry, when she does things wrong, when she gets her homework right, when she kisses me. Unconditional. And she loves me back the same way.”
Read the Story
Before you were here, I loved you.
I didn't know your name. I didn't know your face. But my heart knew yours.
Then you came.
I love you when we snuggle close and the whole world goes quiet.
I love you when you kiss my cheek — mwah, mwah, MWAH!
I love you when you're mad. Even when your arms cross tight and your eyebrows scrunch way down.
I love you when things go wrong and the tears come fast.
I love you when you work so hard and get it just right.
"One more time, Mommy?" ...I always say yes.
I love you every way there is to love. But JiaLin—
You love me right back.
You made it with your own two hands. Every letter. Every color. All yours.
And this morning, you and Daddy tiptoed in with flowers and a card and a smile so big it filled the whole room.
I waited a long time for you, JiaLin.
You are exactly right.