A Letter to My Daughter
Next week is my daughter’s birthday and I wanted to share a special tradition we have with you.
Each year I write a letter to my daughter telling her what happened in her life that previous year and how proud I am of her. While I have shared snippets of these letters for her, I keep them in my possession to give to her when she’s older. She is really grown up and mature and it’s time to share all the letters with her. Here is part of this year’s letter for you to read.
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A Letter to my Daughter
Dearest Daughter,
What an amazing year you have had. It started with your participation as a soldier in The Nutcracker. You did a wonderful job dancing and it was such a thrill to watch you on the big stage. I am proud of how serious you take your dancing. Your talents were recognized and you were invited to be in a special ballet program and student production of Alice in Wonderland.
If was such a fun production and you did a great job emoting as you danced. You also participated in the spring ballet production. You made a lovely fairy. I was so thrilled to see that you got two contemporary roles in the recital part of the show. I had so many people tell me how amazing you were in A Boat on the Sea. The emotional dance brought me to tears.
I am very proud of the daughter you’ve become. You are smart, creative, mature, determined, hilarious, polite, adorable and very loving. I love how you let things roll off you and that you are a good friend to all. We are so lucky to have you as a daughter! You inspire me to be a great mom and friend.
I love you!
Mom
My daughter is very busy with several ballet rehearsals and other activities each week. She needs to grab food for an easy snack on the go. We have a variety of healthy snacks that she takes with her.
Thank you!
Writing a letter to your daughter is a good idea! I like this method of communication!
What a beautiful post of your sweet daughter! It’s so important to inspire our children.
It is important to send letters to our children and to encourage them in any way possible. It is great that you do this each year.
Sometimes words of encourage on paper seem so much more REAL than those we say and then carry on on minutes later. Hopefully she treasures that letter and others in the future you’ll write to keep for many things!
I love the idea of writing a letter to your Daughter. I wish I could have done that when my son was little. Loved your post!
This is such a sweet letter – congrats on your adoption anniversary! I’m glad to see that they’re making bigger pouches of yogurt. Having a daughter who is quickly approaching the tween years and having seen her eat several of the smaller tubes in one sitting, I’m definitely going to need bigger pouches in the future!
I think it is always a heartwarming thing when our parents make us proud. I love the accomplishments my two daughters have achieved thus far in life.
What a wonderful tradition you have with writing a letter to your daughter every year. Thank you for sharing a part of it with us. What a talented daughter you have. You must be so proud.
I love that you wrote a letter. I wanted to do this with my girls, and I still do. I should get to making a letter to them soon.
Your sweet daughter is absolutely adorable. It’s easy to tell from these photos that she is a beautiful dancer. What a treasure she is.
What a great idea to write a letter to your daughter every year. I’m expecting my first – it’s a boy! This is a wonderful idea and something I may end up doing as well. Your daughter seems extraordinary and very talented – you must be so proud!
What a great letter to your daughter!! I think it is so important to inspire them to be the best they can be and to do their hardest!
My kids are always asking for new snacks in their lunches. I will have to pick up Yoplait Go Big. It is nice to see a bigger size for these.
I love this idea of writing letters for your Daughter. I will have to do this for my kids. It is a great gift for them when they are older. I will have to pick up some Yoplait Go Big to try this weekend.
Yoplait Go Big would be the perfect amount for my kids. They always eat 2 of the regular size. I will have to pick some up this week.
I love the idea of writing these letters to your Daughter. I wish I would have done that when my kids were little. Yoplait Go Big sounds like a great snack for growing kids.
So lovely!!!!! Great post Diana!
She sounds wonderful, Diana, and how proud you must be of her dance activities. REmarkable! I LOVE that you write these letters each year. And thank goodness for super snacks like this to fuel her busy days.
Very nice post!!!!