Once I was your little girl,% F2 @8 K; c# I* m
And how you cared for me. " t$ {& d# `' o% mYou gave me love and tenderness,3 O2 @8 ~+ ~! W. ~' P9 K: Z% l- z6 v
and taught me who to be.
You watched me grow and learn; `, q& Q6 \0 x9 Q
And caught me when I fell. 2 X( b7 @) g5 E0 S0 u, {Encouraged me to do my best* \, D7 R6 D3 ]+ {, g4 X2 U
Proud, even when I didn’t do well.
And now that I’m a woman ! b$ X: Y; O' ]6 U3 g# G, HYou still are there for me. 6 O7 o$ ?! l1 S$ ]2 QSupporting me in all I do6 F j7 i! |& E; j5 f
Yet allowing me to be free.
The love I have for you, / j. Y. N; ]+ `: I8 `No words could ever say., `4 a: e$ O( Q5 O
You’ve made me everything I am& [( A; M* Q6 h' c4 p1 Q( r# [
And I am thankful every day.7 g. w" |) ]. N; y
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But You Didn't 7 k% `; k; w: { . i$ ^& k& x! t u% e k( H( xRemember the day I borrowed your brand new car and dented it? $ x0 D4 u- r2 J: m* \; L8 w8 ?I thought you'd kill me, but you didn't. # O) R7 Z$ T5 H8 I) ?5 k 1 g" h2 g2 J; O! E, L- nAnd remember the time I dragged you to the beach, and you said it would rain, and it did? : e) t' {( Q1 T0 _4 K3 R( M/ s' MI thought you'd say, 'I told you so.' But you didn't. 7 U1 w2 m6 n- U3 i1 X
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Do you remember the time I flirted with all the guys to make you jealous, and you were? 6 b7 S2 ~$ u# H# j( j, Z& y5 D7 [
I thought you'd leave, but you didn't. 5 L; B- } i0 |, r
7 W9 p9 l8 j: D) H, V1 _Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie all over your car rug? - g. S; |. e0 P4 t" yI thought you'd hit me, but you didn't. ' Y( _8 g# \$ f
, c" E9 J# }; R3 V# ?1 X- iAnd remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans? / t/ s8 I7 E t/ v bI thought you'd drop me, but you didn't. 6 B" T+ z: `' F) p( j. |' s) ?" S
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Yes, there were lots of things you didn't do. 3 m0 C* d9 y( T+ ~+ s3 _' ]
But you put up with me, and loved me, and protected me. % @0 Q" x, p3 G4 L, e " E, S8 Y6 K: B6 f l$ r% M- |7 wThere were lots of things I wanted to make up to you when you returned from Vietnam. ! Q' i# I8 u/ f+ H- Y" l ; Z$ O" X ` `$ HBut you didn't.
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