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I don’t know about you, but I like to make meaning out of everything. I think a lot of people do, it’s human nature, really.

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Thank you for loving us when we weren’t so lovable. Thank you for being patient with us as we grow, as we heal.

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Sometimes, too many times, some of us take having great parents for granted.

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Thank you for being patient when my flaws became a challenge.

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I miss your smile, your warmth, your open arms, your mind, and mostly your spirit. You always knew how to make me feel like I was destined for more.

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To everything that never worked out, thank you.

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I knew right then that I needed no one but myself to pull me up and keep going.

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I did know you. I did know the answers to those questions.. but I don’t anymore.

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The world works in such strange ways, doesn’t it? Who would have guessed that my 11th grade English teacher would become one of the most important people in my life? Certainly not me.

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We’ve never met. But you’ve changed my life in so many ways.