An Open Letter To Lil Miss

Dear Neeley,

Today begins yet another new chapter in your life. Third grade. At a new school. With new friends. In a new country. Wow!

Words cannot even begin to express how proud of you we are. This move has not been an easy one for any of us. But you have been our little power house! You have been okay through all of this, holding us both up even as we have had doubts.

This is you today . . .



. . . as you walked in to that big ol' school all by yourself. Even I was a little overwhelmed but you found Mrs. Hurston and the rest of your class and immediately began your day.

What a ride this has been! Here's to you, sister, for your strengths, your passions, your willingness to try anything just once, and yes...even your sassy attitude!

We love you and wouldn't know what to do without you!

This is in honor of you...

TO OUR MILITARY DAUGHTER!
In recognition of heroic duty on the home front
- getting used to leaving your home
- saying goodbye to friends and starting all over again
- and again
- and again
- for the courage it takes to be the new kid on the block
- having to leave favorite things behind just because they don't fit on the moving truck or the airplane
- because other kids don't have to worry about where & when their daddies go to work
- for always being able to find the positive in what lies ahead when sometimes you just don't want to

- FOR THE STRENGTH, COURAGE, & COMMITMENT IT TAKES TO BE A MILITARY DAUGHTER!!

For this and so much more, we honor you...

Our lil brat...

Army brat that is...

Here's to the best year ever, full of new beginnings and new challenges!

We love you!

MOMMY & DADDY
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