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A Thank You Letter To My Parents

Thanks for everything.

Abbey Simmers
Apr 25, 2016
University of New Hampshire
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A Thank You Letter To My Parents
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Mom and Dad,

With college finally coming to an end I can’t help but look back on the past 22 years of my life. I am so incredibly grateful in all that you did to help shape me in to the woman I am today. I’m sure more than a few thank-yous have been missed along the way and I want to make sure you know how thankful I really am.

Thank you for being there when I was younger. Putting the spelling test which I got a 100% on the fridge, reading to me at bedtime (Bernstein Bears will forever be my favorite series), staying up with me all night when I was sick; these were all little ways to show me that you cared and that’s all a young girl can really ask for from her parents.

Thank you for helping me mend my first broken heart. You taught me to never settle in any relationship, and to only get close to those who would never expect me to. Because of you, I learned not to put up with anything short of what I truly deserve.

Thank you for teaching me that bad people are sometimes just good people who made bad decisions. Sometimes a person can go down the wrong path, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have the ability to be a better person and turn their life around. You taught me that no matter what, bad times lead to good times and good time lead to better.

Thank you for making me strong. Because of you I have grown in to an independent woman who feels that she can change the world someday. You taught me to always strive for greatness and to never shy away from all that I am meant to be.

And most of all, thank you for always being there. I know I wasn’t always the easiest, but the one thing I could always count on was the both of you being in my corner. Whether I had accomplished something I had been working towards or made a huge mistake, I always knew I could come to the both of you and you would let me know it was all going to be okay. You taught me that the biggest part of loving somebody is, really, just being there.

I hope when I one day have a child that I can be even half the parent either one of you have been. I love you.

Love,

Your Daughter

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