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A Big Thank You To My Grandparents

"I promise I will live everyday trying to make you proud"

Brianne Smith
Feb 12, 2018
Kansas State University
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To the two most influential people in my life, I know I don't say this enough, thank you. Thank you, grandma and grandpa, for showing me how to love. Your everlasting love for each other and for your family is inspirational. When I wasn't sure how to love myself anymore, you loved me for me and that saved me.

Without your unending support, there is absolutely no way I would be where I am today. From all the late night phone calls and all the traveling across the state to help me get through school, there wasn't a time when I felt like I couldn't count on you.

My protectors, my saviors, my everything, there is no way I could ever repay you for giving me experiences that I never would've had without you, but I promise I will live every day trying to make you proud. The road trips, the board games, the baking, the memories go on and on and not one single one will I forget.

Thank you for giving me my mother. Without my mother, I wouldn't be the mommy I am today. Without my mother, I wouldn't be as stubborn or as strong-willed as I am today and I most certainly wouldn't be as loving or as independent as I am today. Thank you for never giving up on my mom or on me.

There is not a day that goes by that I do not thank God for you both. I pray that everyone in the world can have as wonderful as grandparents as I do. I can not say this enough, without you I would not be who I am today or where I am today.

Thank you for picking me up from the airport, thank you for taking me to school and thank you, grandpa, for letting me skip in kindergarten when it was too cold outside. Thank you for never missing a football or basketball game that I was cheering at, a play that I was acting in or a gymnastics meet.

Grandma, thank you for making me busy bags and for letting me tag along on Avon excursions like I was your sidekick. The best memories I have are ones that we have made and I'm sorry I am not around more.

Tears stream down my face as I thank you for loving my daughter as you love me. It is because of your selflessness and patience that I am still able to pursue my dreams. The memories she is making with you are the same memories that I cherish everyday. Thank you for loving her with all of your heart.

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