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Happy birthday, my daughter. May this year be soft where the world is hard, and loud where the world is quiet about your worth.
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Happy birthday, my daughter. May this year be soft where the world is hard, and loud where the world is quiet about your worth.
Twenty-one, daughter. You are now officially old enough to do most things I've spent years asking you to wait for, and all I can say is: I hope you have the patience I didn't have at your age, and the confidence I wish I'd had. Use both. Come home for dinner sometimes. Happy 21st.
Happy birthday, my girl. You came into the world and rearranged it , gently, completely, in your favor and in ours. Watching you grow into your own kind of brave is the slow, daily miracle I never get tired of. Be bold. Be kind. Be unmistakably yourself. Whatever the world asks of you, remember: home is wherever we are, and we are always yours.
Eighteen, my girl. I'm going to give you the same advice I give everyone about to be handed the keys to the whole world: the world will tell you who you are before you've had a chance to figure it out yourself. Don't let it. You get to decide that. Be stubborn about it. Call home. Happy 18th. I'm so proud it's embarrassing.
Sixteen, my girl. Today the world is yours to explore , but you'll always have a home that's already yours. Be bold. Be kind. Be patient with the version of yourself you're still becoming. Whatever this year asks of you, we are behind you, every step. Happy 16th.
Happy birthday, my girl. You have made parenting exactly as difficult, beautiful, and sleep-depriving as advertised. Not one complaint.
Happy birthday, my girl. You have made me reconsider several of my life positions, update three of my opinions, and improve as a person at an age when most people have stopped trying. You are an expensive but effective life coach.
Twenty-one, my girl. Today the world hands you the keys. Drive carefully. Dance recklessly. Call home sometimes. Happy 21st.
Happy birthday, sweetheart. You are 100% too smart for most of the rooms you'll walk into. Please walk into them anyway.
Happy birthday, my girl. Every year of watching you grow has been the best year of my life — until the next one. You are brave and bright and so deeply loved. Today is yours. We're yours too.
Eighteen, my girl , and ready for the world in ways that take my breath away. Wherever you go, whatever you choose, we are yours. Happy 18th.
Happy birthday, my daughter. The world will tell you a thousand stories about who you are. Trust the one we tell you at home: that you are wholly, fiercely, exactly enough.