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Dear Parents

Thank you for being my parents

Natalie Elizabeth Schlagenhauf
Aug 01, 2016
Athens State University
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Dear Parents
Ella Schlagenhauf

Dear Mom,

Thank you for always loving me unconditionally and never giving up on me. Thank you for all the late night laughs and serious conversations. Thank you for being there through my first heart break and telling me he wasn't worth my tears. Thank you for letting me grow up in church and have a relationship with Christ. Thank you for showing me how to be a Godly women.

I'm sorry for all the times I never listened to you. I'm sorry for the times I lied to you. I'm sorry for all the times we are at each other's throats.

Thank you for letting me be me. Thank you for all the long road trips when we laugh and sing for four hours at a time before falling asleep. Thank you for listening to all my stupid problems that really aren't that bad. Thank you for always being there no matter what. Thank you for letting a bunch of teenage girls run around the house all summer because we all rode to work together.

Thank you for being my mom. I love you

Dear Dad,

Thank you for being my own personal super hero. Thank you for loving me and protecting me. Thank you for always being there when I feel like no one else is. Thank you for understanding me and helping me when I'm at my lowest. Thank you for helping me through school and pushing me too do my best.

I'm sorry for all the times I lied to you. I'm sorry for every time I didn't listen. I'm sorry for all the fights and all my attitudes.

Thank you for all the goofy faces and silly laughs. Thank you for making up your own words to songs on the radio to make car rides fun. Thank you for letting me be me. Thank you for supporting me and helping me grow into the woman I am today. Thank you for taking me fishing at midnight and then going to Waffle House at 2 in the morning. Thank you for teaching me to drive ( even though I still can't back up that great). Thank you for taking me hunting and letting me help clean the animal afterwards. Thank you for teaching me how to love everyone whether they are rich or poor, black or white, male or female.

Thank you for being my dad. I love you and I miss you so much.

Thank you both so much for being the best parents anyone could have. I love you both more than life itself and I couldn't imagine this world without either of you. Thank you for loving me and giving me the best little sister and brother in the world. Thank you for moving us around so we could meet our lifelong best friends. Thank you for moving us back so we could be with our old friends and family. Thank you for everything you do. I promise it doesn't go unnoticed and it is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for being my parents

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