is in the acknowledgement
for what you have done for your children
year in and year out.
My adopted daughter said it all.
She made a card and in it
she wrote Happy Birthday Dad
and thank you for always being there for me.
Love your daughter.
It was the best thing I received.
11 July 2016
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