THANK YOU FOR THE OCEANS by Nikki LaPierre

To the woman who taught me how to love:

Thank you for giving me the power to move mountains and the strength to climb them. Teaching me to live with curious feet and a perceptive mind. To drink the sunlight from the darkest places and let it spill out your eyes To travel the world get lost and find yourself on the adventure back home To pull the most vulnerable parts out and serve them to your enemy for we don't need more walls in this world. To write everything, make lists, practice yoga, To enjoy not only the vibrancy of the sunset but the pureness of the night

Thank you for being the perfect brew between mother and best friend. For every tear brush off my cheek into your palm. For laughing just loud enough in hope the jovial melody will become contagious.

Mom, It took me long to grasp how you give so much expecting nothing in return. At infancy you handed me your heart with unbroken faith that I would care for it. Just as I gave you mine. Borders or inches away we have each other hearts in our viens our bones our minds Permanently a part of one another.

Thank you for teaching me it's okay to give someone your heart and trust them blindly with your existence In their palms

Thank you For giving me oceans, You have my heart Forever and always For you were the first one who taught me how to love.