My Birth Daughter's Annual Birthday Letter by Terri Rimmer
August 7, 2017 Dear McKenna: Your annual birthday letter is here once again and in eight days you’ll be turning 17. Without fail, you continue to do great things and amaze me and everyone around you. This past Christmas time was such a miracle when you no longer had to depend on using a feeding tube for the first time since you were a toddler. That was a big prayer answered! I want you to know that no matter what anxiety you ever feel on any given day that you are bigger than it and that it doesn’t subtract from who you are as a person – EVER. I know that you can overcome anything and you’ve proven it. I’m proud beyond belief of you and you are always in my thoughts, prayers, daydreams, and often – dreams. I write a lot about you because I’m inspired to do it. Your spirit, drive, and courage give me the same strength. You come from a long line of survivors who have the same attitude when it comes to not stopping and going after what you want.