Happy Thanksgiving
From: Mom
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Subject: Happy Thanksgiving
Hey there!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at home. I know it isn’t a
‘normal’ in Brazil but that sure doesn’t mean that we aren’t missing you
around the table this year.
It will be different indeed to have just 3 of us, and I will miss having
someone to go shopping with me on Friday too since B won’t, but I need
you to know how proud I am of you and right where you are today. 
I am so thrilled for you to be where you are and for the experiences you
are having day in and day out right now. I cannot even begin to imagine
what years down the road will look like knowing you have today in
Brazil. I wonder what conversations will be around future dinner tables
and lessons that we can continue to still learn even then from you.
Thank you for your example and for your willingness to serve. Thank you
for making me a Mom and for trusting me as a friend too. I really lucked
out when you chose me. That is a blessing I will never take for
granted.
I am so proud of you. I hope you know how much I love you and how
excited I am to know that this time next year you will be around our
dinner table again. In the meantime, keep being you and keep doing all
of the really amazing things you are doing.
I love you for forever and for always. To the moon and back.
Mom