Seventeen
17 years is 6,205 days. 178,920 Hours. 8 MILLION 935 THOUSAND Minutes.
If it only takes a minute to make a memory, well, that’s a ton or memories.
Here’s to crazy road trips and concerts. To amazing experiences we’ve been able to share since the first minute of the first hour of your first day… 17 years ago.
Your future is as limitless as your dreams provided you follow your heart, intuition and passion. Your life will be as transformative as you want it to be, or as low-key as you want it to be. But it is your life. You only have one of them. So make the most of every minute you have left. Make every moment you can. Create millions and millions of new memories. And live with abandon as you pursue what the road ahead brings to you.
If you think about it… It’s what you were made to do. It’s in your DNA. An unconventional lack of tradition is the very stuff which makes you who you are. It has been, for you, since the beginning.
So go and be the unconventional force which makes “non-traditional” a thing of the past.
Your family, friends, extended families… and even those who don’t realize it yet… are counting on you to do it.
And we’re all going to be here cheering you on as you go.
I feel like I should have made a video…
… there’s always 18, right?
And besides, I’m in the middle of Michigan with you right now. Ain’t that #GirlDad enough for you on your birthday?!
I love you. Thanks for saving my life. For giving me focus and vision and a reason to press on everyday… you make life worth it, Kyla.
Happy Birthday.
Daddy
Photos: Mine. I give myself permission to use 'em and won't sue myself. I promise.