Kindergarten Teachers Turn Babies into Big Kids
Dear kindergarten teacher, Nine months ago, I walked my firstborn into your kindergarten classroom, uncertain of what the year ahead would…
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Dear High School Graduate: Now is Your Time to Make the Life You Want
Dear High School Graduate, This is such an exciting time for you and I want to congratulate you on your incredible achievement. You’re on your…
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Dear Graduate, You’ll Always Have a Place Here With Me
There is change in the air, can you feel it? It lies subtle and thick above us, pressing on our shoulders and on our hearts, leaving us with a dread…
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Sweet Child, We Prayed For You
As another month passed by, and the tears came streaming through, I wiped my eyes, full of doubt and fear, crying, “Sweet baby, where are…
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To the Class of 2019: You Are Loved
Dear graduate, I know you are not looking for advice. I know you just graduated and you feel like you already know everything. And you do . . . but I…
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To the Average Kid: One Day You’ll Realize You’ve Always Been Exceptional
Hello average and below average kids and teenagers! Today you will not be on a stage receiving an honor, a pin, a certificate, a sash, a cord, or a…
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Dear Graduate: 10 Tips to Help You Succeed
First and foremost, congratulations! You made it! Second, welcome to the “real world”! It wasn’t all that long ago that I was in…
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