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What My Parents Need To Hear Before I Leave For College

I could never begin to thank you enough for everything you have done for me.

Joanny Rodriguez
Jul 19, 2016
Penn State Altoona
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What My Parents Need To Hear Before I Leave For College
Joanny Rodriguez

Mom and Dad, what can I even begin to say? Thank you so much for everything you have ever done and continue to do for me. It is crazy to believe that in just one month I won't be living at home anymore. Time truly does go by in a blink of an eye.

First off, Dad. Thank you for all your patience, love and hardwork through the years. I wouldn't even be able to go to college if it wasn't for that. You loved me unconditionally through the good and the bad. You always showed me what love for a daughter was and you are the epitome of what hard work and the American Dream really is. Thank you for showing me that if I want something I have to go work for it.

Mom, thank you for attempting to show me how to cook even when I don't want to learn. Thank you for letting me cry and vent about the smallest things and just listening. Thank you for always encouraging me and believing for the best in me. Your endless support has meant so much to me.

Dad, thank you for driving 8 hours back and forth just so I could attend Orienation and just to see my college. Thank you for sticking it through me and learning new things for my benefit. Thank you for teaching me its okay to venture out of my comfort zone to achieve my goals.

Mom, thank you for reassuring me everything will be okay and that I am going to be the best Doctor there is one day, it keeps me going and motivated.

To the both of you, thank you for believing in my abilities and for trying so many new things this past year. As me being the first kid to go to college I know its a lot and I didn't make it easy by picking a college 8 hours away, but thank you for praying with me through it and in the long run supporting my choice to go through with it. You guys have allowed me to see that blood, sweat and tears can and will win at the end of thed day.

As this chapter closes, I am so excited for the new chapter. I am going to miss homecooked meals, and being able to complain and see you guys everyday and just the simple pleasures I have at home, but I am looking forward to the new adventures I will be able to tell you guys through phone calls, texts and FaceTime.

So again, thank you Mom and Dad. This is for you. Without you I couldn't have made it this far.

Love,

Your little girl

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