"My Mom" by Heather Jackson

I was living in Shanghai, China when my dad had a massive stroke. I came home to look after him and my mom. It has now been four years since I have lived with my mom, and this year on Valentines's Day, I wanted to show her how much I love her and value her. Our relationship has only become better since we became roommates. I honestly never thought I would be in my late 40s and living with my mother and loving it.

I always have a project going for someone else, so this time I decided to make a book just for her. I spent several hours over a two day period creating her book from scratch. She had no idea; she thought I was making a book for someone else.

On a trip out one day I presented the book to her. We are very similar in that we give things to people to show how much we love them. She sure knows now that I love her, even if she didn't before! She loves her book so much that she shows all of her friends!