Dear Mother,
I am writing this letter to express my undoubted and unquestionable appreciation to you for being my mother. For a conscious space of time, you decided to have a child. For 9 months, you carried me inside you, therefore a became a part of you, causing you discomfort on the inside, yet joy in your heart. Joy for what you pray to God I will become.Joy for you have brought a blessing to the world.For years you put me on your back, breastfed me, showered me and nurtured me.
A young strong man I have become. I have given you a ray of hope for the success you imagined. Yet, in many ways I have failed you. Failure to be as honest to you as a child should to his mother. Failure to make you my best friend. Failure to heed all your instructions. Failure to not express all the traits you taught me, selective of only what I thought was needed. I heeded to the yearnings of my youthful exuberance and failed you in ways I would never have thought I would.Failure for not being the genius 'the professor' you used to know.
I am using this day to say I am sorry for these failures. Sorry for the trouble I have caused you. Either with daddy, or the time I was deboarded from boarding school or my elementary school flings and my more recent ordeals.Sorry for I haven't been the best son I could.
Mother,I am writing this letter to say I love you from the very bottom of my heart and make a solemn vow today to make every possible attempt at righting my wrongs, dotting my i's and crossing my t's. A vow to be the 'Telemi' you used to know.
Thank you for being my mother and I will forever love you and be indebted to you.
From your dear son,
Alade
