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Happy Birthday, Hannah!

September 3, 2015 By Carole

Today my daughter Hannah is 23 years old. 23. Twenty.three. I keep typing it and looking at it, with my head cocked a little to the side and trying to make it be real somehow. Because, really, wasn’t this:

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Just a few years ago?

No?

In truth that was 22 years ago. She was just over a year old and she loved to go through the house and clean for me. Too bad that stage didn’t last, right?

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And here she is now. What a year it’s been since her last birthday! She has graduated from college – summa cum laude, in case you hadn’t heard. She has been to Oxford – she got an A in her class, by the way. She has been to Wales and London and has traveled by herself to Iceland. She has gotten a full time job as a Special Education teacher. As if all of that wasn’t enough, she also has a boyfriend now. (Mama is adjusting.)

To say we are proud would be an understatement. To say that we are so happy to see her thriving  and seeing her dreams come true, both professionally and personally, would be the absolute truth.

She is smart and kind, caring and creative, beautiful and silly and my heart just sort of explodes when I think about how much I love her.

Won’t you join me and wish my girlie a happy birthday? Thanks, guys.

 

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  1. Jo-Ann says

    September 3, 2015 at 6:20 am

    Happy Birthday to Hannah! I’ve come to love her as much as my own kids, and I’m so very proud of all her accomplishments <3

  2. Dee says

    September 3, 2015 at 6:40 am

    Happy, happy Day!!! 🙂

  3. Kym says

    September 3, 2015 at 6:46 am

    Happy birthday, Hannah! Isn’t amazing how they just . . . unfold . . . and turn into adults right before our eyes??? Just really freakin’ amazing.

  4. Bonny says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:10 am

    Happy Birthday, Hannah and Happy Hannah’s Birthday to you, Carole! I hope she has a great day today and a wonderful year ahead, full of much more good stuff!

  5. Judy H says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:24 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah! Hope you have a wonderful day!!

  6. Barbara Seiver says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:25 am

    Happy birthday, Hannah! Go on as you have begun…well done!

  7. Robby says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:25 am

    Happy Birthday, Hannah!

    (May I add? congrats to all those who love her enough to invest in her to help her become all those things you mentioned!)

  8. Geri says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:59 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah!

  9. Kathode Ray Tube says

    September 3, 2015 at 8:13 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah! I hope you love your new job!

  10. margene says

    September 3, 2015 at 8:20 am

    Happy Birthday to your beautiful, accomplished, charming, and totally fun girl! Happy Birthday, Hannah!!

  11. Linda P says

    September 3, 2015 at 8:33 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah. I’ve been reading about your accomplishments for quite some time. No wonder your Mom is so proud of you.

  12. Patty says

    September 3, 2015 at 8:38 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah! Those kids are lucky to have you! (And your Mom too!)

  13. Dianne says

    September 3, 2015 at 8:50 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah!

  14. Bridget says

    September 3, 2015 at 9:16 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah! Congratulations on your wonderful life, may it always be so. 🙂

  15. Marcy says

    September 3, 2015 at 9:37 am

    Happy birthday to Hannah! You are both so blessed to have each other. I feel the same way about my son……who is this man and where is my darling little boy?!!……not that I don’t love and idolize the man he’s become. Just doesn’t seem possible that that many years have gone by. Happy day to all of you.

  16. Vicki says

    September 3, 2015 at 10:13 am

    Happy Birthday Hannah!!

    It only gets better, Mama. I had to come to terms with 30 this year. I type it or say it real fast and then move on!!

  17. Jo says

    September 3, 2015 at 10:29 am

    Happy birthday, Hannah! May this birthday be a glorious beginning to the rest of your life!

  18. kim says

    September 3, 2015 at 10:57 am

    Happy one more trip around the sun Hannah! Many more!

  19. Carolyn says

    September 3, 2015 at 11:02 am

    Happy birthday, Hannah! What an exciting year you’ve had, but the adventures only get better from here! Have fun!

  20. Mary K. in Rockport says

    September 3, 2015 at 11:20 am

    Wow, one candle; what a big girl! Special ed is the best kind of teaching job (it was my profession, too, so I know.)

  21. sprite says

    September 3, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    Happy birthday, Hannah! May the upcoming year be filled with joy!

  22. Manise says

    September 3, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    Happy Birthday, Hannah! Sounds like she has launched herself into adulthood! So exciting.

  23. kmkat says

    September 3, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    Happy birthday, Hannah! (My own are 26 and 30 — how did that happen?)

  24. Deb in PA says

    September 3, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    Happy Bday, Hannah!

    Very proud of all you’ve accomplished. Best wishes on life.

  25. Ruth says

    September 3, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    A very happy birthday to Hannah! So many exciting things going on for her right now …. she’s a star!

  26. Martha says

    September 3, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    Happy birthday, Hannah!

  27. Mary says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    Happy Birthday, Hannah! (and happy mama day to you, Carole) – it has been a complete pleasure to watch you grow up … and share vicariously in all those adventures and accomplishments. I hope everyone is proud…they should be!

  28. Suzanne says

    September 3, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    Happy Birthday Hannah!

  29. Katie K says

    September 3, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    Yeah, Hannah! Congrats on all your wonderful achievements and your exciting future.

  30. Melissa says

    September 4, 2015 at 12:37 am

    Happy Birthday and congrats on the new job. Hope this year is as wonderful for you as the last.

  31. grumperina says

    September 13, 2015 at 10:46 pm

    Happy Birthday, Hannah! I’m delighted to hear about her full time job – way to go!!!

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