16th Birthday Wishes: Wishing the person you love is the most important thing to make him/her feel special. If your loved one is turning 16 then you must wish them a Happy 16th birthday. Wishing your favorite person shows how much you love and care for them. Sometimes it becomes quite difficult for us to choose suitable words to show our love for them. As important it is to send a perfect birthday wish for them, as difficult it becomes. Here are some beautiful and funny birthday wishes for friends, brother, sister, daughter, and son so that it becomes easier for you to express your best wishes for them.
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Happy 16th Birthday Wishes
May every sweet moment bring you closer to fulfilling your dreams. And may these dreams make your life sweeter. Happy 16th birthday!
Wishing you a life full of wonder, excitement, friendships, and good luck. That's what we wish for you on this special day! Happy 16th birthday!
May this birthday come with prosperity, love, and happiness for you because you are the sweetest person and you deserve it.
Youāre growing up into a wonderful, one-of-a-kind person. Have a blast with your fun new age. Happy 16th birthday!
You have brought joy into my life greater than I could have ever imagined. I love you so much and hope your day is fabulous. Happy 16 Birthday, Son!
Happy Birthday to my sweet 16 young girl. I wish this birthday becomes your best and a memorable one. Much love and best wishes for you my sweetheart.
My little sweetheart is sixteen now. Happy Birthday from my heart. Enjoy your big birthday and may this birthday become the best for you.
Happy Sweet 16th birthday dear. I cannot believe you have grown as an amazing human being.
I cannot believe this little child is tuning sixteen today. Happiest Birthday wishes from the core of my heart. Iām sure you are going to rock the world. Enjoy your birthday.
Happy Birthday sweet 16 young girl. Enjoy your day and go crazy. Do things and stuff that makes you happy.
Happy Birthday to my amazing friend who never fails to appreciate me. You are truly amazing and I wish all the happiness for you because you deserve the world and more. Happy sweet sixteen!
It seems like it was just yesterday that you were a little girl, now you are a beautiful woman. Wishing you all the best for your 16th birthday.
Cute and pretty, beautiful and lovely. Charming and bubbly, innocent and friendly. Dear daughter, you are all of the above, endless for you is our love. Happy 16 birthday.
Happy Birthday to the girl who is turning 16 today. You have achieved a lot all these years. I hope you find happiness in every moment of your life.
At 16, so many exciting things come your way. Itās okay ā even cool ā to be excited about life! Enjoy every second of this year! Happy 16th birthday!
You know why turning sixteen is great? You get all this independence but still no responsibility. Happy birthday!
In you, I feel, a star was born. Your inner light sparkles with such brilliance. May your 16th birthday have an amazing shine!
The law might say you are old enough to drive, but I know you are really just a 10-year-old with 6 years of experience. 10-year-olds shouldnāt be driving. Happy 16th anyway!
Have tons of fun with your friends today! After all, it's your 16th birthday, and you're not getting any younger! Go wild!
You've never been afraid of change. You donāt know fear. You are the bravest 16-year old I know. You make me so proud. Happy 16th birthday brother!
Happy 16th birthday sister. You are definitely growing up and showing maturity. Itās cool to see what great things you are accomplishing.
You are the bravest, most courageous 16-year old I have ever met! May you squeeze the heck out of this 16th year of your life! Happy 16th Birthday!
Sweet 16th Birthday Wishes For Daughter
Happy Birthday to my amazing daughter. May God fulfill all your desires and I pray this birthday comes with happiness and prosperity in your life.
Happy Birthday my sweet little young girl. Youāve grown up as a kind, excellent and beautiful person both inside and out. Best wishes to you and know Iām always there for you.
Happy Sweet Sixteen my beautiful daughter. You never failed to make mom happy and proud. I wish the best for you and I love you.
You know, girl, I always feel happy and lucky to be a mom of a daughter like you. On your sixteen birthday, I want to tell you that never stop smiling. You look like an angel when you smile.
Youāre the most precious girl ever. Always a leader and a total thinker! Youāre the most amazing 16-year-old girl with a smile to offer! Happy Birthday!
Sixteen candles on your cake, one for every wish you make. Itās your birthday and you are the star, for sweet sixteen is what you are. Happy birthday princess.
I canāt believe youāre 16 now. Because youāll always be the baby girl I adore. No matter how old you get, Youāre still the little infant I will love forever. Happy Birthday!
Ever since you were a little baby to the day you became a teenage girly, you have always been the love of your mommy and daddy. Happy Sweet Sixteen birthday.
As long as I can keep showering my love on my daughter, I will be happy now and forever. Happy 16 birthday.
For my sweet little 16-year-old girl, I only want the sweetest for you, starting with your sweet sixteenā¦and for your entire life. Happy birthday!
The most beautiful flower of the world does not belong to an exotic tropical forest or remote grassland, it belongs to the family and it is my daughter. Happy 16 birthday.
It took you 16 years to become the exquisite lady that you are. Congratulation and best wishes on this momentous birthday.
You've grown up to become such a phenomenal woman! Wishing you the most wonderful Sweet 16 celebration.
The little girl is now a lady. May your 16th birthday be happy. Happy Birthday.
I still remember cuddling you in my arms and singing you a lullaby. But seeing you so grown up makes me realize how time flies. Happy 16 birthday to my daughter.
Life is funny but a man doesn't cry at funerals and a man doesn't cry at all but today I did because of the love I have for my daughter. Happy 16 birthday my little doll!
Happy 16th Birthday Wishes For Son
Sending all my love, blessing, and best wishes to my boy who is turning 16 today. Happy Birthday my brave boy. I pray all the happiness comes to your life.
On your 16 birthday we wish you nothing but luck and happiness. We hope you fulfill all your dreams and surge ahead in the direction of success. Happy birthday son.
I cannot believe my little baby boy is turning 16 today. You are a gift of God to me. I want you to know that no matter what happens, mom will love you always.
Happy Birthday dear son. May God enable you to differentiate between right and wrong and always guide you to the right path. Happy Birthday once again.
Happy 16th Birthday to my son. You are my world and happiness. You never fail to make us proud. May all the happiness come to you.
I remember when your birthday parties were all about clowns and balloons. Now, it's all about the dance floor, the loud music, and the clothes. Happy 16th birthday!
Sons like you should be called Suns because you are literally the bright daylight in our lives. Happy 16 birthday.
On this date 16 years ago, you came into my life. Becoming a mother to such a beautiful son touched me in a way that nothing else in life can. Happy Birthday, son!
Our toddler, you will always be. A piece of our hearts, you will always be. The apple of our eyes, you will always be. Our lifeās purpose, you will always be. Happy 16 birthday, son.
You have grown into being quite the fine young man. I couldnāt be more proud of you. May your 16th birthday be memorable and wonderful.
Every father secretly wishes that his son grows taller and wiser than him. Congratulations ā at least youāve grown taller. Happy 16 birthday.
A son is the best asset any parent can have to offset lifeās liabilities of life. From you, we keep reaping the rewards and gains of the purest love there can ever be. Happy birthday.
Regardless of whether you are an old man or a young sixteen teenage boy, you will forever remain our little bundle of joy. Happy 16 birthday son.
One of the best things about you turning 16 is knowing that you can now run errands for me! I am so happy to now have my very own personal assistant! Happy birthday! Love, mom/ dad.
When your mother was pregnant we asked God to give us a child who grows up to become honest, hard-working, and successful. You are living proof that God does answer prayers. Happy 16 birthday son.
Best 16th Birthday Wishes For Friends
These are the best years of your life. If you really want to enjoy, make the most of it and never misuse it. Happy 16th Birthday friend!
Happy 16 Birthday dear best friend. You are more than a friend to me. Best wishes and love for you.
Happy Birthday to the most amazing human being. I always consider myself a lucky one for having a friend like you. Enjoy your big day and never forget to smile.
Happy sweet sixteen to my sweetest friend. I have never seen an amazing and positive friend like you. You always help me to grow better. Thank you for everything and enjoy till the last.
Can you imagine what we will be like when we turn 116? All I can say is I hope we literally remain best friends forever. Happy 16th birthday to my ābestieā!
Happy Birthday to my amazing friend! I hope your special day is perfect and you get everything you ever wanted and more!
Sixteen only lasts for a year, but the great things that come with it can last a lifetime! Have a ball!! Happy Birthday!
Youāre totally a big package of gift that God sent to me. Wishing you a Happy and wonderful 16th birthday!
Happy Birthday! May all your dreams come true this new year!
Happy Birthday from someone who puts up with your belching, farting, scratching, and remote control hogging!
Teenager seems so limiting when you think of a 16-year-old. I think they should change that title to Party-Ager! Happy Birthday!
Everybody that turns 16 is not as sweet as you. You have a great heart and you are very nice. May 16 be a fabulous time in your life! Happy Birthday!
I knew when I met you that we would be together forever. I know we are only 16, but I hope this is the first of many birthdays we celebrate together.
16th is the official license to do many things unofficially, you know what I mean if you got my point, So don't waste your time and go and enjoy! Happy 16th birthday to you!
16th Birthday Wishes for Brother
Happy Birthday to the one who was always there for me and never failed to put a smile on my face. Happy birthday, brother. Words cannot say how much I love you.
Happy Birthday little one who is turning 16 today. I just want to tell you to always believe in yourself and face your life with courage.
Happy Birthday to the little fighter of our home. Thank you for saving me and mom from monsters. Jokes aside, Happy birthday dear brother. We love you.
Happy sweet sixteen to the sweetest and innocent soul. May your innocence rule the world. I hope all your dreams come true. Best wishes and love for you.
Best Wishes as you celebrate your big day! Sweet 16āI hardly know what to say?! May this year be your best year yet and may you receive an abundance of blessings!
16th Birthday Wishes for Sister
On this birthday, I want to tell you how much you mean to me. Your sweet smile can melt anyoneās heart. Happy sweet sixteen to my beautiful sister.
Happy Birthday kindest soul. Your kindness and humbleness make you different from others. You are a gift from God to us. Happy Birthday, Sis! Enjoy your birthday.
Happiest Birthday from the core of my heart. May every moment of your life be filled with happiness and love. I love you sis.
Happy Birthday my sister, my best friend, my happiness. My life would be incomplete and boring without a sister like you. Happy birthday beautiful. Enjoy your day!
Happy birthday! Even if years are going by quickly, and you are already 16, please make sure not to grow up too fast. Enjoy your youth and have fun!
Happy 16th Birthday Messages
People at your age want to grow up too fast. My best gift for your 16th birthday is: don't rush. Take your time, enjoy your youth, party like crazy, and make responsible decisions. Happy b-day!
Keep in mind that even though you are turning 16, the impulse control part of your brain is still developing. Unfortunately, you probably didn't read my message because you got distracted by the money in this card.
I was going to send you something very pretty and special to your 16th birthday. Sadly they did not fit into the envelope. Therefore you are getting this birthday card instead.
Happy 16th Birthday to someone really special to me! May you always think of life like āItās a Wonderful Lifeā.
For teenagers, 16 is "middle-aged". With three years ahead and three years behind, youāre right in the middle of the best years of your life. You probably wonāt enjoy the next time youāre middle-aged, so have fun tonight. Happy birthday!
May you do things you never thought you could. May you try things you never thought you would. This year you will do things you previously thought were unattainable. You will conquer them and zip right past them. Happy 16th Birthday!
There is so much that I could say about you, from the maturity you show to the things that you do. Youāre totally a bright light that others can see in our world and in your family!
Sixteen is a year filled with new responsibilities; dating, driving, and a first job. You'll find out years later that none of these things are anything to get excited about. Happy 16th Birthday!
You cannot only call yourself a teen. Youāre more than that. At 16, you are almost a grown-up! I love you so much. And Iām so proud of you. Happy 16th birthday!
16 years and youāve already accomplished so much! I canāt wait to see what 16+ more will bring! You are continually impressing me with your maturity and intelligenceāyou are far too wise for your years! Happiest Birthday to you!
Turning 16 has its duties. You have a duty to be the sweetest you can be. Mostly, you have a duty to have a sweet time at your sweet sixteen. Happy sweet 16, sweetie!
At 16 you start gaining a little bit more of your independence and you have only a few more years until you can go off to college and live the crazy life! For now, enjoy your party and let's celebrate! Happy b-day!
16th Funny Messages
Being 16 is wonderful because you can conveniently act grown up and dumb as when you need to. Enjoy this phase of life while you have it. Happy Birthday.
Today is so big, even your parents are excited! Excited about not having to drive you around anymore! Happy 16th birthday.
Explaining life to a 16-year-old is as practical as bathing a fish, so I'll spare you the sappy advice. Just have fun on your birthday.
I have two tips for you on your 16th birthday. One: forget the past because you canāt change it. Two: forget the gift because I didnāt get you one. Kidding! Happy birthday!
16 is not for the fainthearted because from 15 you have departed, and guess what? You're only getting started! Happy Sweet 16!
Happy Birthday weirdo. Stop doing awkward things at public because you are a grown-up young man now. So you should stop embarrassing us.
Happy Birthday coolest one. Sorry I couldn't find any cake and gifts for you. Stop annoying people around you.
Happy sweet sixteen to not so sweet boy. You should pay me for eating my whole tiffin at school.
You will have many opportunities to demonstrate your maturity as a near-adult, but why waste your childhood on that? Happy 16 Birthday!
You'll probably get a lot of gifts tonight, but your car insurance company's getting one too ā a premium. Happy 16th birthday!
Would it be great to flash some funky bling on your 16th birthday? Flash, Flash! Yeahā¦itās totally not the same, right? Happy 16th Birthday anyway!
Time to roll down the car windows, you are old enough to drive. I wish you a lot of fun road trips ahead of you. Happy 16th birthday brother.
Birthdays are always special and 16th birthday is more significant as comes with the joy of adulthood. It is always important to wish your loved and dear ones to make them feel special and to let them know how important they mean to you. Your sweet 16th birthday wishes can make them more special than anything else. Every word carries love and care for them. So never forget to wish your near and dear ones. It shows your love and gratitude to them. Celebrating 16th birthday is most precious and wonderful experience among all other birthday celebration. It's also called as sweet sixteen. If any of your near or dear one going to celebrate his/her 16th birthday then you should wish with these sweet sixteen birthday messages, that will bring a bundle of joy during his/her most precious birthday. You may send a card with a sweet and funny birthday message written on in it. It will be more pleasing if you share 16th birthday wishes with the birthday boy/girl along with some special gift. So donāt be late, pick any happy birthday wish from our list and make their day more special.
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Dear Caroline,
Today you are sixteen. Sweet sixteen. Except sweet isn't really your thing because you've always been a little more salty than sweet and I mean that in all the best ways.
First thing this morning you'll go take your driver's test so you can go get your license on Monday morning and that's just one more step you'll take towards adulthood while I sit here and try to figure out how to put on the brakes both literally and figuratively.
Just about a year ago, you were playing in your first soccer tournament of the club season when you took a ball right to the face. Your nose immediately began to gush blood and you had to run to the sideline because there are rules about bleeding on the field. I watched from the far sideline as you held a towel to your nose to stop the bleeding and wondered if you'd just messed up thousands of dollars in orthodontia and whether or not I needed to take you to the Emergency Room. About that time, you changed into a teammate's jersey because yours was covered in blood, ran back onto the field like nothing had ever happened, and proceeded to score two goals to close out the game.
Little did we know then that getting nailed in the face with a soccer ball was basically going to be a metaphor for your entire sophomore year. Now I realize it was what we call foreshadowing because this past year has been one I don't think we'll ever forget. When people ask me now about my hardest year, I'll say,āsophomore yearā and I won't mean my sophomore year, I'll mean yours. It's hard to watch the person you love more than anything fight hard battles.
This was the year when you had to learn to stand strong for what you know is right even when it means you might be alone. You had to make hard decisions about what was worthing fighting for and figuring out when it's time to walk away. You learned that life isn't always fair and things don't always work out the way you think they should. Sometimes the only prize for making the right decisions is the peace that comes with knowing you did.
You took a lot of hits this year and it was hard to watch even though I know these are the very things that are making you into the person God means for you to become. A mother's heart is stitched together with the most tender of materials and so we feel everything. Every tear, every struggle, every injustice. I have prayed since the day you were born that God would make you strong, confident and brave. I just didn't think about the fires you'd have to walk through to forge those characteristics.
The truth is it's hard to raise a warrior instead of a princess. But you've got to be resilient because the world will try to knock you down and tell you all the ways you aren't good enough or smart enough or why you should lower your expectations, but the only limit on your life is what God wants to do with you and he is the God of Ephesians 3:20 who will do more than you can ask or imagine. You are proof of that in my life.
And here's the thing I learned about you this year that I first saw a glimpse of last August when you ran back on the field. You never quit getting back in the game. You took your hits, wiped off the blood and tears and got back up over and over again. I have always been proud of you for so many things, but I think this year is the year when I clearly saw the woman you are becoming and I couldn't be more delighted.
A couple of months ago, I walked into your bathroom late one night and saw your Crocs lying on the bathroom floor where you kicked them off after a soccer game earlier that evening and I noticed they had black Sharpie marker all over them. I was immediately irritated that you had decided to scribble all over your brand new Crocs, so I picked them up to see what kind of nonsense you thought was important enough to vandalize your shoes. And thatās when I saw that you had written Bible verses all over those Crocs, verses about being strong and brave and trusting God with all your heart, mind and soul. I nearly had to sit down on the bathroom floor and cry. In the midst of dealing with mean girls and sports injuries and grade stress and social pressure, I realized maybe you had actually been listening to Daddy and me as we encouraged you to find your strength in God. You found verses and wrote them in permanent marker as a visible reminder to yourself of what is most true in your life.
You have two years of high school left and I can't really talk about that now, but just know I'll be here every step of the way because being your mom has already been and will continue to be the ride of my life.
Love,
Mom
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This is really beautiful. As the mother of a daughter who played high school soccer and had a junior year like the sophomore year you've described, bravo Mama!
Love always,
Mimi and Bops
Hi Melanie,
My girl is one day older than yours and they have so many similarities in their lives. I know they would be friends if they ever met. Iām so proud of my girl for being a friend to the shy, awkward, and the ones who need one. Her sport is tennis and there are plenty of mean girls that she plays. She won against a college girl this week who paid her back with a tennis ball to the face. Itās smaller than a soccer ball but it doesnāt feel good. My girl also got right back in there after that shot. She took her drivers test yesterday in an Expedition EL and rocked it! I love how well you love your girl and I hope mine knows, sees, feels, and hears how much I love her. Thanks for all you do and for who you are!
Melanie, this is so well written. I have three teenage granddaughters who I pray will have the courage to do the right thing, be kind and strong.
Happy birthday Caroline!!! Melanie just continue to enjoy these teen years because they are so much fun! (Except for the mean girls of course! They make you want to hurt someone! š ) The best thing about teen daughters is they grow into young adult daughters who become your friend!
Thank you for sharing with all of us! Beautifully written!
Happy birthday Caroline! You are truly a beautiful and inspiring young lady. Your mom has graciously allowed us to watch you grow up and your extended "cloud" family couldnāt be more proud.
Melanie, your sweet girl is beautiful and I sit here reading your post with a big lump in my throat as I think about the mama feels you have right now.
Praying for Caroline as she drives out of the driveway and for you as you watch her go. Thank you for sharing this special, special post with us. We love you. God speed Caroline. And wear your seatbelt and donāt text and drive!!
Mel!!! This is so precious and so very true. She has such strong women as the very best of role models. I have no doubt that girl will make a huge impact on the world! ?
Happy Birthday to sweet (or should I say salty?) Caroline! Praying for you both on this extra special day! ?
Jenn
Happy Birthday, Caroline! It has been a joy watching you grow up on your Mom's blog over the years! Wishing you the very best in everything you do!
Such a beautiful piece. I have three boys and write them letters on my blog every year on their birthdays as well. In reading this, I would hope if I had a girl she'd be a little more salty than sweet like your Caroline. How fun it has been to read your words about her over the years and to know what an incredible woman she is becoming. Happy 16th!
What a great tribute to your daughter! I love the Bible verses on her Crocs; they probably uplifted many others as well. Best wishes for the next year, Caroline!
This is lovely.
Happy birthday C! Melanie, that was wonderfully well written! Thank you for sharing your girl with the rest of us!
Happy Birthday, Caroline! What a blessing you are to all who know you.
? Going through that now with my daughter. Couldnāt be more proud and heartbroken and worn out at the knees from praying. You summed it up beautifully!! And you will love the freedom of not having to drive her everywhere! But you will miss listening to her friends talk assuming you canāt hear them all the way in the front seat.?
Beautifulā¦happy birthday to Caroline, and good job Melanie and Perry in raising a strong daughter who knows what is important.
Beautiful!
Happy birthday Caroline!
Love this! I have one too! A sixteen yr old, soccer playing Junior who drives. He has been driving since January & I fight the erge to put a tracker on his car. Haha! Trying to enjoy the next 2 years we have with him & getting a glimpe of the empty nest to come. God bless.
Happy 16th Caroline!
As a high school English teacher, for 26-years and the mother to three grown daughters, I have to agree the sophomore year is a hard year on so many levels.
You have every right to be proud of the strong, confident woman she is becoming as you see your prayers being answered. It is so hard to see the things that they endure, but you are so right that it those very things God is using to mold her into a woman after his heart. Enjoy this season.
Beautiful! Hang in there, Big Mama! ????
These make me tear up every year. My daughter is Carolineās she and everything you write resonates with me. Hope your girl has the best birthday yet!
Beautiful. Cherish these years! I just sent my high schooler off to Senior Sunrise & Painting of the Parking Spot. How can it be?Writing this with a lump in my throat! ?
MELANIE SHANKLE! You did not properly prepare us up front for the tissues we would need while reading this. My four year old girl is at cheer camp right now and I want to race over there, scoop her up and hug her til she screams. This is so beautiful and such a treasure for your daughter to be able to read year after year. Love you!
Oh Melanie. You made me cry all the good mama tears as you brought back the emotion of when my own baby girl was 16. What an amazing mother you are, and itās evident in the smart, strong, good person your baby girl has grown up to be. God bless you bothā¦you have such wonderful and exciting times still to come! ?
Happy Birthday Caroline. Just beautiful!!!
Happy Birthday, Caroline. I have enjoyed reading about you in your momās blog for several years. You are an amazing young woman.
This is so sweet and so beautiful I am crying. Happy Birthday Caroline!
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What a wonderful birthday message. Happy 16th Caroline!
Those were supposed to be hearts- not question marks! Lol!!
I have tears in my eyes! Happy Sweet 16 to your beautiful girl!
I have a Caroline who is more salty than sweet too. Sheās 3 and will start preschool in a few weeks. I was not prepared for how emotional this would make me feel thinking about her sophomore year! ? Happy birthday to your beautiful girl!
What beautiful words about your beautiful girl!!! Happy Birthday Caroline
Beautifully written! Raising teenage girls is not for the weak of heart!
Happy Birthday to you both!
I have been reading your birthday letters to Caroline since she was young, and this is my very favorite one. I know you and Perry are so very proud of your strong girl as she learns the hard lesson that what is popular is not always right ā¦ and what is right is not always popular. Savor each minute of these last two years with her living at home. Such a precious gift having children in your home.
Blessings to all three of you.
As a fellow mom in the throws of their weird, exciting, scary phase of raising teens, I could feel your pride and angst at the weight of it all. Happy birthday, sweet Caroline, and happy birth day, mama! It's been fun to watch Caroline bloom into a beautiful young woman ā both inside and out!
Always love your birthday letters to Caroline, and they always make me teary eyed too! Hope her last two years of high school are amazing.
Oh my word!!! this made me cry real tearsā¦.how beautiful!! thank you for putting into words the mother's heart. we can all relate in some wayā¦but then underneath i can see that you have protected Caroline and we all don't know all the strugglesā¦but so thankful she has you and Perry and God's Word to uphold her. happy 16!!!
Melanie, how beautiful. I can't believe she's 16! You guys have obviously done a great job with her. Thank God high school doesn't last forever! Happy Birthday Caroline!
Well, now I'm full-on sobbing at my deskā¦
I am crying for you Mel. Happy Birthday to your brave, beautiful and God loving girl. Can I just say that you are doing some incredible God's work with her!!!!!!!!!
These birthday letters to Caroline ALWAYS make me cry. They are just so incredibly beautiful and I know for the rest of her life she will love having your words reflecting just how much you love her. Thank you for sharing this with us each year.
Yes, this!! These letters are my favorite every year!
Happy Day to Caroline! Melanie, I knew FOR SURE you loved her when you painted the palm leaves on her wall, but this is another beautiful declaration of love! Parenting young ladies through the high school years changes you forever. We are a few years ahead, but I remember the heartache and pride well. Beth Moore wrote about praying for her girls that their feathers would be ruffled just enough to push them towards God, but not enough to really hurt them. That is every girl mom's prayer! Your Caroline is rough, tough, REAL stuff!!!
Her Bible verse crocs reminded me of Colossians 1:10ā¦WALK in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Wishing you both a banner year!!! Happy Sweet (Salty) 16!!!
PS. I followed Landry to school the first day she drove on her own! š She got over itā¦mostlyā¦Just sayingā¦
Oh my, Melanieā¦. this made me cry! Happy sixteenth birthday Caroline!
This may just be my favorite thing you've written.
Growing up is HARD STUFF, (and thank you sweet baby Jesus I'm not a teenager during these times of social media and such), but that sweet girl is lucky to have you in her corner.
Happy birthday, Caroline!
It appears that I'm late to the party, but a sincere happy birthday to you, Caroline. I hope it was everything you could ask for.
I am crying at work reading this. . .so beautifully written. Thanks for sharing (and scaring me half to death). š
So much to be proud of with your daughter, happy birthday!
Oh my gosh! Happy 16th Birthday. Can't believe she is 16. She was a baby a few vlogs ago.
I look forward to the birthday love letter to your girl every year! Iāve been reading your blog forever and this might be my favorite.
Ah, Iām just a puddle of tears. Hard to believe she is 16! I remember when she was born!!! Sounds like you and P have so so much to be proud ofā¦now you can help coach me! Ha.
Happy belated birthday, Caroline! I can't believe I've been watching you grow since years ago when your mom made the float for the fiesta parade at school.
I love this so much. I have five kids, the oldest who just turned 20, the age I was when I had her. Itās such a crazy thing getting to this point! Youāre doing a great job raising an amazing kid!
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