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A STATEMENT TO MY DAUGHTER

AT CONCEPTION WHICH WAS YOUR START ,

YOU'VE ALWAYS OWNED A BIG PART OF MY HEART.

IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY WHEN I HELD YOU IN MY ARMS,

THE WORLD SEEMED SMALLER THAN I COULD KEEP YOU FROM HARM.

WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES I STILL SEE THAT ADORABLE BABY WITH A CURL,

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY GIRL.

ITS ALMOST TIME FOR YOUR GRADUATION YEAR,

TO ME ITS BITTER SWEET AND I SHED A TEAR.

AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY WE'VE TRIED TO GIVE OUR BEST,

REMEMBER THE FOUNDATION WE BUILT WHEN LIFE BECOMES A TEST.

THE WORLD IS AHEAD AND THERES SO MUCH TO DO,

THE MAIN THING I WISH IS HAPPINESS TO YOU.

THEY'LL BE GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES, AND ALOT OF FUN,

THE WORLD IS OPENING HER HANDS AND YOUR LIFE HAS JUST BEGUN.

ITS ALMOST TIME TO SPREAD YOUR WINGS AS YOU WILL LEAVE OUR NEST,

I THANK GOD DAILY FOR YOU WE HAVE BEEN SO BLEST.

WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY ARISES, GRAB IT AND TAKE IT,

FOR YOUR LIFE WILL BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU MAKE IT.

IN YOUR LIFE, CAREER AND LOVE,

I PRAY FOR STRENGTH FOR YOU FROM ABOVE.

STAY ON THE RIGHT ROAD AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.

THE WORLD IS AT YOUR FEET AND ITS ALL UP TO YOU.

NO MATTER WHERE LIFE MAY LEAD YOU OVER THE LAND OR THE SEAS,

I REACH OUT AND SAY THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES.

SO HERES A HUG TO START EVERY DAY,

AND A KISS GOOD NIGHT AS YOU GO ALONG THE WAY.

SO REMEMBER IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN LIVE IT, SO SET YOUR GOALS HIGH,

MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE, SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND LET ME WATCH YOU FLY.

TACKLE LIFE THE OLD AND THE NEW,

AND MOST OF ALL REMEMBER I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

This poem was dedicated to Mandi Freeman on this 2nd day of May, 2000.

written by her mother, ©Mary Freeman

You'll always be a joy in my life.

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