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    An Open Letter To My 12 Year Old Daughter

    Sometimes being a mom is the hardest job in the world. This is a letter that I wrote to my 12 year old daughter. My daughter is my hero, and I admire her. She always reminds me to view the world with wonder and amazement. She has taught me so much. I only hope that I can teach her as well...

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    by katm5

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    My Beautiful Daughter,

    Being a mom doesn’t have an instruction manual, and we both know that the only thing that I learned from MY mom was how to not be a mom. Raising you has never been easy for me. My greatest fear in life is that I will fail you - that somehow, some way I won’t be the mom that you need me to be. I could handle failing at all else in my life, but I cannot fail at that...

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