Dear Laurel,
You are loved. Even when you don’t see it, even if you don’t hear it, please look within yourself to feel it, because I promise you, love surrounds your entire being. You have worked so hard through so many difficult things and still somehow along the way you have surrounded yourself with genuine people who truly care for you. You did that. You dive in head first to every relationship 150% without fail, and I love you for that. You are honest, intense, funny, strong, empathetic, true, and passionate.
You are loved.
The dream of the person you will become someday inches closer with every passing moment and I see the look in your eyes with pure excitement of the unknown to come. You have pushed yourself harder in the past eight months than you have ever been pushed before and you did that, no one else. You have kept yourself accountable and look what you have done. You have transformed yourself inside and out and you continue to make great strides in your personal growth every single day.
You amaze me.
Your courage to continue on with the intensity in which you live life is a wonder in itself and you give me hope. I am going to say that one more time to make sure you heard me.
You give me hope.
You give me hope in what people are capable of in their darkest hour. You give me hope in what mankind can achieve. You give me hope in the idea that things will get better. You give me hope for love, hope for life, hope for yesterday, hope for today, and hope for tomorrow.
What I want you to remember, what I need for you to remember, is what I have written to you today, because it is all so easy to forget when trouble rears its ugly head. You are so much more than you give yourself credit for and it’s about time you start. You are going to change lives for the better. You are going to help people. You are going to take this world on by storm. I love you more than you will ever know. You are my strength, my light, my soul, and my eternity. You are me, and for that I love you even more.
Always,
Laurel
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 592 Newer› Newest»lovely. thanks for that.
yay laurel!!!!!!! i miss you tons! :( and this is making it worse... :) see you SOON!!!
yay laurel, another vote for yoU!!!!
I teach fifth graders and we are going to use this letter for discussion.....thank you
you have this laurel!!!!!!!!!
okay... i am commenting every minute i have until i fall asleep! :)
hooray for you laurel! another vote for you!
this is hard to think up new things to say every few seconds... but i do vote for you laurel. always. :)
you are amazing laurel. you have so many people who love you. :)
Laurel! I hope you win!
Your post was inspiring
FANTASTIC! Cant wait to see these pictures!
love love love, all you need is love, and a few votes from your friends who love you. :)
Your letter should absolutely win! So well written!
If you win, I want to be in the photo shoot with you!!!!!
MY VOTE GOES TO YOU!
You are so wonderful!!!
I hope this blog wins. I can tell you put a lot of time in it.
Great Job!
How great for you to do this!
My vote also goes for you.
If you win, you need to buy me a car!
votes for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you win.
You are so wonderful.
laurel!!!! you are the winner!! right? am i right??
Intriguing!
laurel, my vote is with you always!!
love you tons!
Great!
loves to YOU!!!
Will you update with a new letter in a couple months?
i vote laurel, yes i DO!
Best big sister ever!
i love you miss laurel p. :)
Hope you win!
one more vote for LAUREL!!
Interesting!!
who's a winner? you're the winner.
You are already a winner!
you are so great! Good luck!
I hope that this new attitude stays around a long time cuz you deserve it!
Holy canolly, this is great.
Walter Featherbee
You got my vote. Tho the other letters are great too!
Inspiring!
That was a really great letter.
Beatriz Potts
You are the best at writing letters!!!!
lovely laurel, this is all for you.
i really love how you wear your hair now. i was just talking to paul about it. oh yeah, and i vote for you. :)
laurel i love you tons.
you're one in a million. great job.
another vote for you from me. :)
glad it said we could post as many comments as we like. :) this is YOURS laurel. :)
another for you ms. laurel. you wrote a great letter. you are a great person. you deserve a great prize.
Awesome possum!
laurel!! this is all for you. i can't imagine anyone else more deserving than you.
I'd marry you!
I'm the best at posting comments!
good morning sunshine! the earth says hello! i vote you.
What kind of pictures are you gonna take?!
this is YOURS laurel. :) i vote for you.
votes are coming your way!!!!!!!!!!
here's another!!
Awesome!!!!
10 votes for you!
usually these things only hold 500 comments a piece, so it will be interesting if any of you reach your max... then who will be the winner? the first to reach it? :)
Hope this helps!
You are the best!
it's gravy baby!
You are so fantastic!
you are such a strong woman laurel, when you come visit jessie, i hope i get to meet you! :)
Wonderful!
Terrific!
another vote for YOU YOU YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is so exciting! :)
You are so great! And such a great writer!
hooray for you laurel. i REALLY hope for you to win!
another vote for you. good luck! :)
Last one for now!!!!
hope you win!! you have my vote.
I think your letter is great!!!
more votes coming your way laurel... :)
So beautiful!
and another and another and another! :)
Wonderful!
Great great GREAT letter!
here's to you laurel. for all you do for everyone around you. now win this contest, and celebrate the amazing woman that you are.
So wonderful!
you're so brave for sharing so much personal stuff. thanks.
so fun! laurel i can hardly wait to see you!
You are HOT laurel!
i vote for you, he votes for you, she votes for you, we ALL vote for YOU!!!
Great letter!
laurel you deserve this. i really hope you get it.
love for you from me. and votes for you from me.
i vote laurel
you can do it you can do it! :)
time to win this thing!! :)
Laurel, i hope you win this contest. You are a good person.
I vote for you Laurel.
you're beautiful. thanks for the letter.
another vote for you laurel... this makes it a million and one. :) give or take.
it's almost bed time here... :( hopefully others can keep up with the posting later tonight. love you much!
another vote for you. i hope you win!!
this is SO exciting! i hope you win!
Beautifully written. I vote for you Laurel.
You are beautiful and inspiring :)
You are beautiful and inspiring :)
Laurel!! YOU DESERVE THIS!
I vote laurel! Love youuuuu!
Laurel, I love this letter. Thank you for writing it.
another vote for you!!
Laurel should win!!! She works soo hard :)
I vote LAUREL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laurel should win!!! She works soo hard :)
Laurel should win!!! She works soo hard :)
Doing this secretly is very exciting... I wonder how close it will be, or if there will be a definite winner.... I can hardly wait to see, but as always, I vote for YOU Laurel! :)
more votes coming your way from all your friends.
Beautiful inside and out!
wow! more people are voting for you at this same time because i keep getting a message from blogger!!! you're a popular girl! :)
great letter. i vote for you.
hooray!!!!!!!! laurel, you are so wonderful. i hope you win.
This is great and you are great!
okay, this is the last one i can do tonight. good luck and i love you SO SO SO much. laurel, you are so deserving of this, i hope you win. if you don't though, let's do a photo shoot anyway on the beach when you come to visit! :) i am no photographer, but it would still be fun, right? :)
Love you laurel! You are amazing!
i vote laurel!
here's one for you!
I vote for you Laurel. That was a great letter.
Look at all these comments!!! You are a front runner already!!!!!
another vote for you from me. good luck!
Nice letter, good idea (Iman), I vote Laurel is the winner.
Love love love this letter. I hope you win this thing!
i vote LAUREL!
Laurel... you TRULY are beautiful!!! Love you!!! I definitely vote for YOU!!!
Laurel... Laurel... Laurel... YOU are AMAZING! Thank you for being YOU!!!!
One more vote for Laurel!!! :)
good luck laurel. i hope you win this! :)
i vote laurel
Laurel... YOU are Beautiful!!!! Love the picture!
One more vote for Laurel
laurel gets my vote!
love this! i vote laurel takes the cake!
inner beauty shines from you!
love you!
i vote for you
votes from me for you!!
thanks for this letter! i vote for you laurel.
simple and noteworthy.
beautiful.
perfection. just perfection.
Laurel is the bessttt!
I love you laurel! YOU are sooo inspiring and have so much strength and courage!
Beautiful and inspiring!
i vote laurel!
Laurel,
very inspiring, thank you!!!
one more for laurel!
You are wonderful!
you are an inspiration!
voting for laurel!
Laurel, I just printed out your letter and read it to myself :)
Beth
You should definitely win! The letter was beautiful as you are!
Wonderful!!! You deserve this!
STRENGTH, BEAUTY, COURGE.
one+vote=laurel
Laurel,
Brilliant just Brilliant!
Rana
your words touched me :)
I love it, i love it, everyone should read this!
THis is awesome
You should win
If you do not already write for a living, you should start! great work
Marybeth
This letter opened my eyes ;)
Fantastic Letter thank you for sharing
I loved it!
Laurel,
I know your sister and I feel like i know you now too, great job
you are brilliant!
You inspire me to try and do the same thing, I may start right now, thanks a ton
Janis
:) :) :) Stunning letter!!!!!!
Your letter made me smile :)
Jackie
wonderful, great, i hope you win
Jari
You seem like such an amazing person, keep loving yourself like that. Jules
love it love it ,love IT!!!!! thanks for sharing
Tanya
You indeed are a poet, i appreciate you putting this out there.
Tara
Laurel,
have a great way with words :)
Laurel,
This is very creative, hope you win!
Terry
Laurel,
Very unique letter, thanks for putting it out into the world.
June
i can see you will accomplish great things in your life, keep it up.
Your letter touched my heart :)
I am truly speechless
You ROCK!!!!!!! good luck
True brilliance, truly :)
Laurel,
Thank you for being a part of my life, this letter was wonderful.
Julie
I read your letter and immediately started smiling, hope you win, you deserve it!
very honest and sincere, thank you
We are all so lucky to have you in our lives, please remember that as well.
Emily
indescribable!!!!! love it!
i believe in this letter and i believe in you
You put your heart out there and so many will benefit from that. Good luck
Unfathomable!!!! perfect
Beautiful, stunning, magnificent
This letter should be a song
Dani
i will remember this letter for forever thank you for posting it.
It is nice to see someone who is not afraid to hide how they feel.
Fluid and beautiful, loved it :)
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