Promises, Promises

Dear Baby Dash,

I promise to introduce you to the real Star Wars trilogy and not the crap that George Lucas called Episodes I, II and III.

I promise to instill within you the appreciation of a good cupcake.

I promise to be your Mom first and not your friend.


I promise to take you to Haiti so you can experience it in ways I never did.

I promise to teach you the value of the spoken and written word so you can communicate in more ways than the shorthand texting you will do with your friends on whatever device there is ten years from now.

I promise that you will never want for anything and always have everything you need.


I promise to support you even if you become James the ballerina or Alice the truck driver.


I promise to let you go on study abroad if you ask.

I promise to always push you to reach your true potential.

I promise to say I Love You all the time!


I promise to embarrass you at 1st days, graduations, proms and on your wedding day with my beaming pride and joy. 


I promise to put you on a roller coaster with your Father as soon as you reach the height so you're not afraid of them like me.


I promise to take pictures and video of all your firsts and fun childhood moments so you can look back at them when you're older.


And I promise to smother you from the moment I give birth to you and never let you go even though I know that one day I will have to - and I will. But you can always come home.


Love,
Mom