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The Very First 'Love Letter' From Your Little Daughter To You, Dad

To the boys who want to hang out with me, unless you are better than my father, or at least you can make sure that you will take good care of me like my father always does, then you might want to think again.

James Madison

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The Very First 'Love Letter' From Your Little Daughter To You, Dad

Helen Nguyen

I know that I am a tough girl, and I hardly show my feelings. But deep inside, for what I have learned, and for all the things you have given me, I love you!

This is the first time I have written something about my dad, more like writing something for him. As I said, it is kinda hard for me to show my feelings, especially in front of many people. I usually just show my love through action. But I do know for sure, I appreciate my dad deeply, and this article should have been written a long time ago.

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Entertainment

Poetry On Odyssey: My Chance At Life

You say everyone deserves a chance at life. Well, what about MY chance at a healthy, safe life?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Pexels

Globally, a leading cause of death for teenagers

Is maternal death.

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Poetry On Odyssey: In Her Eyes

We look at the scene set before us and watch the memories recreate themselves in a blanket-wrapped silence that pushes us closer together.

Rutgers University

MaxPixel

I've always wondered what it's like, as a parent, to see your child grow up. They come into the world as a helpless baby and somehow, they grow into a functioning adult before your very eyes...how weird is that? Sometimes I wonder what my mom thinks when she looks at me: does she see me as I am now, or will she forever look at me as she did the first time we locked eyes as mother and daughter the day I was born? I wonder if it makes her sad knowing that I'm all grown up now. Or perhaps, she can wear a small smile every day with the knowledge that the little girl she had raised had never left.

In Her Eyes

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Student Life

Dear Daddy, From Your Grown-Up Little Girl

Thank you for all that you do.

James Madison

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Kelsey Thomas

Dear Dad,

It seems like just yesterday I was a toddler and you were wrapping me up in a hooded Winnie the Pooh towel or carrying me to bed when I pretended to fall asleep in the den. Sorry about that, by the way, I just never really felt like walking all the way to my room. Somehow, in the blink of an eye, I'm not a little girl anymore and am about to be a senior in college. I know I can speak for the both of us when I question where all the time has gone and how I've gotten this old this fast. But no matter how much time has passed or how old I get, there's one thing that will never change: the fact that I will always be your little girl.

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12 Things You Know TOO Well If You're In Your 20s With The Body Of A 12-Year-Old

It's a struggle.

Shippensburg University

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12 Things You Know TOO Well If You're In Your 20s With The Body Of A 12-Year-Old

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In case you don't know me or you do and are fooled by the skinny jeans and overly padded bras I wear to create a womanly allusion, I am a 20-year-old woman who is built like a 12-year-old girl. I have not changed in body type or size since the eighth grade. Ya know, the time girls usually hope on the curve train? Yeah... I missed that train. Completely missed it.

And while I advocate for body positivity no matter what your shape or size, it is a little bit rough sometimes being a grown woman in a body like this. I'm not going to spend this article bashing my body type, but I know there are women out there who can completely relate to what I am about to say.

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Arts Entertainment

40 Things I’d Rather Do Than Own A Chihuahua

Dogs or devils?

West Virginia University

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40 Things I’d Rather Do Than Own A Chihuahua

Pixabay

The debate has been ongoing since domestic dogs came about.

What are chihuahuas and are they worth having? More recently I have seen videos coming about where people are questioning why certain things are considered worse than owning the terror of one of these tiny dogs. So without further ado, here are 40 things I'd rather do than own a "rat dog."

Please note that although some comments are demeaning towards chihuahuas I have had pleasant experiences and no dogs are unworthy in my eyes. No opinions about chihuahuas were damaged during the making of this article.

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To the boys who want to hang out with me, unless you are better than my father, or at least you can make sure that you will take good care of me like my father always does, then you might want to think again.

You say everyone deserves a chance at life. Well, what about MY chance at a healthy, safe life?

We look at the scene set before us and watch the memories recreate themselves in a blanket-wrapped silence that pushes us closer together.

Thank you for all that you do.

It's a struggle.

1. What are curves?

2. Boobs? Never heard of 'em.

3. Finding pants is a living nightmare.

4. Say goodbye to body con dresses.

5. Oh, and adult shirts too.

6. Actually, you shop in the children's section.

7. Adult swim suits are a nightmare too.

8. Everyone thinks you're 12.

9. When everyone else kept growing, you didn't.

10. Sitting at desks and tables for adults is almost laughable.

11. You can hide behind almost anything.

12. Squeezing through people in crowds is a breeze.

Dogs or devils?

1. Spend every ounce of my free time studying.

2. Workout for six hours nonstop.

3. Stub my pinkie toe.

4. Work at McDonald's.

5. Fall down stairs in front of my siblings who already think they're superior to me.

6. Throw up on my date on a first date.

7. Own a Great Dane.

8. Own literally any other animal.

9. Or in my case, die from allergies.

10. Give up eating meat.

11. Become a vegan.

12. Get denied from the job I've had for the last three years.

13. Fail an exam that I studied for a week for.

14. Fail out of my major.

15. Disappoint my favorite person.

16. Lose a high score that took me a year to make.

17. Be the person who continues to sit on the equipment at the gym after I'm done using it.

18. Take 20 credit hours.

19. Work in customer service during a Black Friday rush.

20. Become a viral meme.

21. Live through one of the actual "princess stories" written by the Brothers Grim.

22. Write two full lab reports in one week.

23. Hit myself in the ankle with a razor scooter.

24. Peel a hangnail to my knuckle.

25. Eat an entire onion like an apple.

26. Go back in time and attempt the fire challenge.

27. Kill the planet with my plastic usage (oh wait).

28. Be like Dr. Doofenshmirtz and not have my parents show up to my own birth.

29. Experience withdraw symptoms.

30. Not eat for thirty days.

31. Get into a minor car accident.

32. Give myself a bad tattoo.

33. Fall out of my raft while white water rafting in 40-degree weather.

34. Go to a frat party alone.

35. Have absolutely zero fashion sense.

36. Skydive.

37. Fight a bear.

38. Not shower for two weeks.

39. Eat insects.

40. Live my current life without a Chihuahua and keep it that way.

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