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Dear Reader,
My husband told me the other day that he was proud of me and I think I was grinning from ear-to-ear, just like a little kid.
After all, the greatest thing you can hear when you're a kid, is your parents or teacher saying, "I'm so proud of you." But when you're all grown up, who's left to say those words?
When a friend of mine ran her first 3-mile race, she sent me an email announcing, "I actually finished the race and wasn't even the last one to cross the finish line!" My first instinct was to hit the reply button and congratulate her, but instead I picked up the phone and asked her to tell me all about it.
Running the 3-mile race--she said it was one of the toughest things she'd ever done. I was trying to think of just the right words to let her know how happy I was for her and then I simply said, "Angela, I'm so proud of you."
It was amazing. I could hear Angela smiling through the phone, and I was surprised because the words made me smile, too.
How about that, two all grown up adults, smiling and feeling on top of the world, because somebody said, "I'm proud of you!"
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
http://www.DearReader.com
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