Life Lessons for Marie ~ Intro

On April 27th our daughter Marie graduated from high school. As a special gift to her, we decided to ask our adult friends and family members to help us put together a keepsake book entitled Life Lessons filled with notes and letters from them. We had two purposes for this book: (1) to affirm qualities we have observed in Marie's life and (2) to provide positive exhortation from our own experiences in specific areas. For example, someone wrote about the importance of prayer, and another on the need to manage time wisely.

At her graduation reception we gave Marie the finished book, with 20 letters filled with words of wisdom and encouragement. We pray this will make a big impact on Marie for many years to come. For sure it has given her something special to remember.

I am publishing these letters here for those who are interested in reading them, one at a time over the next several weeks. Thank you to everyone who contributed.