Happy Birthday Micah - - you are a teenager now, how wonderful! This is a milestone in your life and there is no way to go but up and forward. I'm so proud of you Micah. You've accomplished lots of milestones this year.
Thirteen is a special age. It is the age of an internal endless tugging at your heart and soul to develop your own values and thoughts, to be more of the person you will eventually become as an adult. It is tough and beautiful --somewhat the way a caterpillar morphs into a butterfly. I still remember wanting to form an independence from my parents when I became 13. I cut off my long ponytail, fixed my hair in a ducktail, slapped on my Elvis Presley hat, and knew something amazing, overnight, had occurred. I pushed my parents patience. I needed their guidance, but didn't think so. I knew it all, or so I thought! Remember, this is when you need the guidance of your parents to help you walk this new map of life so that you stay on the right track. Now is your time to become a leader of your peers, but continue to hang onto your values.
Micah, you and Logan are mine and Pawpaw's heroes of all time. Someday I will be able more to put these thoughts into a conversation with you. Right now is not the time. Live happy! Live large! Live moral! Be tough on yourself if you need to, but always be kind and gentle to yourself. Grow, learn, and have fun for the years ahead will come faster and faster for you. I wake up and it's a year later already, so make your years count for something, but be careful, yet serious about staying on the right track. Live your life to the fullest. Pawpaw and I love you so very much --
Happy 13 years of life.
Memaw and Pawpaw
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