Hi guys! Firstly, I need to say that I love the new Jax/Tara fanfics that have recently been posted, it seems that our beloved couple are gaining more and more fans!

Also I'd like to thank any new followers to my stories, welcome aboard, I hope I don't disappoint.

So I'm back from holiday but in my desperation to write I took my laptop along to Spain so that I could write some more chapters (and also start a new story) I seriously think I might have an addiction … but at least it's a healthy one!

Ok, I need to explain this story a little. Basically we start with Tara's mom, Catherine, writing her last letter to Tara about how to find the ideal man. Each chapter will be entitled after one of the qualities that Catherine lists in her letter and then the chapter will be a flashback to how Jax has this quality (making her Tara's perfect man) Does that make sense?

The inspiration for this was a series of wall plaques, one of which I own, which are made by 'Primitives by Kathy', I hold no rights to these.

As always these amazing characters are owned by the marvellous Kurt Sutter, who created this world that I'm so obsessed with. I have no rights to the show. Damn it.

P.S. Reviews/PM's make me happy xx

Catherine Knowles tried to steady her shaking hand as she pressed the pen to the paper. She tried to kid herself into believing that it was the drugs that had been pumped through her body just a few hours before in a vain attempt to kill the cancer that was slowly spreading through her body. But she knew it wasn't the chemo.

Doctor Radcliffe had told her that morning that Catherine's body wasn't responding to the treatment. The cancer had become too aggressive and the chemo could no longer fight it. In other words, to put it frankly, Catherine Knowles was dying. Doctor Radcliffe had been apologetic, listing various support groups for both Catherine and her family.

Her family.

Catherine pictured her young daughters face now. How many things she would miss out on seeing her daughter achieve. She would never see her graduate high school, never see her hold the medical degree that she so longed to have. Catherine wouldn't be there to calm her last minute nerves moments before she walked down the aisle to marry the man of her dreams. Nor would she hold her hand, or wipe her sweating brow, as she brought a new life into the world.

It was because of Tara that Catherine's hand shook. What do you write in your last letter to your daughter? How can you put into words the love and pride that you have for this young life that you will have to leave?

Catherine inhaled deeply, the last bout of chemo had made her lethargic, as it usually did. She knew that she wanted this letter to be one of hope, of joy, to give Tara a focus in life.

And so Catherine began to write down her final piece of advice for her beloved daughter; about how to find the perfect man.

My darling Tara,

Happy sweet sixteenth baby girl! I'm so sorry that I'm not there to enjoy today with you, but I am there in spirit.

This year will be such a big year for you, I have a feeling. I was sixteen when I met your father and we fell so madly in love. So I'm going to work on sending you an angel from heaven to help you find the man of your dreams. But until that angel arrives, here's some advice on what the perfect man should be like.

This is what I want for you, sweet daughter….