Tari Ann NorbyMemory Magazine

To

my d

aughte

r T

ari,

I w

ish t

he

best

of

luck

in c

olle

ge,

eve

rybo

dy

her

e is

so

prou

d of

you

,

and

I am

pro

ud

to c

all

you

my d

aughte

r. Y

ou

hav

e gro

wn u

p to

be

such

a s

peci

al g

irl.

I

know

you

wil

l do

gre

at

thin

gs

in t

he

futu

re.

Con

gra

tula

tion

s!

Love

you

Dad

To

my d

augght

ht

heer

TTara

i,

I w

ish t

he

best

tofo

lucck

in c

olle

ge,

eve

ryb

ybo

dy

hher

eeisis

s so

prou

d ofof

you

,

annd

Iamm

pro

dttoo

call

,

Earl

y Y

ears

Con

gra

tula

tion

s T

ari!

I ca

n’t

bel

ieve

you

are

gra

duat

ing.

It s

eem

s li

ke j

ust

yes

terd

ay t

hat

you

wer

e pl

ayin

g p

ower

ran

ger

s, o

r w

ith

barb

ies

whil

e da

nci

ng a

round

to N

’Sync

musi

c. Y

ou

wen

t fr

om m

y b

ratt

y l

ittl

e si

ster

, to

som

eone

I now

consi

der

a be

st f

rien

d. I

am

so

luck

y t

o hav

e a

sist

er

like

you

. Y

ou m

ake

me

so p

roud,

and

I kn

ow y

ou m

ake

Mom

pro

ud

each

and

ever

y d

ay.

She

is l

ooki

ng d

own

on y

ou s

mil

ing,

seei

ng t

he

won

derf

ul

pers

on y

ou h

ave

gro

wn i

nto

. G

o ou

t an

d li

ve y

our

life

to

the

full

est

and

just

be

hap

py!

Rem

embe

r-”S

hoo

t fo

r th

e m

oon.

Eve

n i

f

you

mis

s you

’ll

land

amon

g t

he

star

s!”

Love

you

r bi

g S

iste

r,

Tam

i

I ca

n’t

bel

ieve

you

are

gra

duat

ing a

l-

read

y. E

very

thin

g s

eem

s to

be

goi

ng

so f

ast.

Pre

tty s

oon y

ou a

re g

oing t

o

be o

ff t

o co

lleg

e an

d on

you

r ow

n. It

’s

har

d to

thin

k of

what

thin

gs

wil

l be

like

wit

hou

t you

aro

und

all

the

tim

e.

We

hav

e got

ten i

nto

a l

ot o

f fi

ghts

,

but

abov

e th

at w

e hav

e m

any g

reat

mem

orie

s an

d th

ose

are

her

e to

sta

y.

Goo

d lu

ck i

n c

olle

ge.

Love

,

Tal

i

Tar

i, r

emem

ber

the

cof-

fee

brea

ks a

t tr

eats

at

Shor

ty’s

in S

elby

and

up

her

e, i

n M

anda

n.

When

Rob

in w

orke

d at

Tar

get

, you

r M

om a

nd

I

wou

ld g

o sh

oppi

ng a

nd

Gra

ndp

a W

illi

e w

ould

take

you

to

Tar

get

for

coff

ee. Y

ou w

ould

hav

e

a so

ft p

retz

el a

nd

wat

er.

One

tim

e R

obin

cam

e

by a

nd

he

had

pop

. H

e

gav

e you

a d

rink

of

it a

nd

afte

r th

at y

ou

didn

’t w

ant

wat

er y

ou

wan

ted

pop.

Love

,

Gra

mm

a Fro

nie

Mei

er

Fri

end,

Sis

ter,

Am

azin

g, In

tell

igen

t, H

ones

t, F

un, S

ince

re, Lo

ving, K

ind,

Str

ong a

nd

mos

t

of a

ll A

WE

SO

MO

50

00

!!!!

Thes

e ar

e ju

st a

few

of

the

wor

ds t

hat

com

e to

min

d w

hen

thin

king o

f you

. I

’m s

o pr

oud

of

you

and

know

you

wil

l do

you

r be

st i

n y

our

futu

re!

Kee

p th

e goo

d hea

d you

hav

e on

you

r

shou

lder

s an

d co

nti

nue

to p

ush

you

rsel

f to

lea

rn a

nd

gro

w. T

his

wil

l on

ly e

nhan

ce t

he

won

-

derf

ul

qual

itie

s th

at s

hin

e br

ightl

y w

ithin

you

. R

emem

ber

to s

tand

up

for

what

you

bel

ieve

in, tr

eat

other

s as

you

wis

h t

o be

tre

ated

, an

d “L

ive

as i

f T

oday

Was

You

r La

st D

ay.”

K

eep

up

the

exce

llen

t w

ork

and

I lo

ok f

orw

ard

to w

atch

ing y

ou c

onti

nue

gro

win

g i

nto

an a

maz

ing

you

ng w

oman

!

Love

,

Ker

i W

anner

Con

gra

tula

tion

s on

gra

duat

ing H

igh S

choo

l.

I lo

ok f

orw

ard

to m

any m

ore

gol

fing,

cam

ping,

and

snow

mob

ilin

g t

rips

wit

h

you

. I

f th

ere

is o

ne

thin

g y

our

goo

d at

, it

’s k

icki

ng m

y b

utt

at d

ice.

S

o you

nee

d to

com

e w

ith,

so I

can

ear

n s

ome

of m

y

mon

ey b

ack!

Ð

Kee

p up

the

gre

at w

ork

and

goo

d lu

ck i

n y

our

futu

re.

Cor

ey W

anner

You

are

the

BE

ST

God

mot

her

a d

og c

ould

hav

e. C

on-

gra

ts a

nd

Goo

d Lu

ck i

n y

our

futu

re! L

ove

You

r Fav

orit

e

God

pupp

y, W

illy

Wan

ner

Whoo

hoo

, w

ay t

o go

Tar

i! C

ongra

tula

tion

s on

gra

duat

ing h

igh s

choo

l,

now

you

can

fin

ally

foc

us

on d

oing w

hat

you

wan

t to

do.

Mak

e su

re t

hat

you

do

what

ever

wil

l m

ake

you

hap

py.

Now

its

on t

o

bigger

and

bett

er t

hin

gs!

I’m

pro

ud

of y

ou,

and

hap

py I

can

cal

l you

fam

ily.

I’ve

alw

ays

appr

ecia

ted

bein

g a

ble

to c

rash

on y

our

couch

. Ju

st w

onde

ring w

hen

you

r goi

ng t

o

let

us

retu

rn t

he

favo

r? T

her

e is

alw

ays

room

at

my h

ouse

, an

yti

me

you

nee

d it

. Le

t

me

know

if

you

fin

d an

y c

once

rts

you

wan

t

to s

ee,

I’m

alw

ays

read

y f

or a

goo

d sh

ow.

I’ll

let

you

get

onto

the

nex

t pa

ge,

Mon

te M

eier

Tar

i, a

s you

gra

duat

e, w

e

wis

h y

ou m

uch

succ

ess

and

hap

pines

s in

the

futu

re.

Con

gra

tula

tion

s.

Much

lov

e –

Kri

sty,

Mar

k

and

Ste

fany

Tar

i--

Our

favo

rite

tim

es a

nd

best

mem

orie

s w

ere

at

the

farm

--you

eat

ing t

hat

pla

in w

hit

e br

ead!

!!

I

don’t

thin

k I

ever

bea

t you

at

“Spe

ed”!

A

nd

now

it’

s

you

r gra

duat

ion.

A t

ime

to l

ook

back

on m

emor

ies-

-of

frie

nds

and

ever

yth

ing y

ou’v

e ac

com

plis

hed

.

And

to l

ook

to t

he

futu

re--

new

fri

ends

, new

pla

ns

and

drea

ms.

C

ongra

tula

tion

s--w

e w

ish y

ou s

ucc

ess,

hap

pines

s an

d al

l th

e be

st i

n t

he

futu

re.

Love

,

Pau

la &

Gre

g

Tar

i,

We

hop

e al

l of

you

r dr

eam

s w

ill

com

e

true

and

you

hav

e th

e co

ura

ge

to f

ollo

w

them

!!!

We

Love

You

,

Jaco

b, S

onya

and

Zac

k H

affn

er

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pict

ure

was

tak

en a

t G

randp

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and

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ndm

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on

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t’s

my f

avor

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ite

pict

ure

of

you

!!! S

onya

My D

ear

Cou

sin T

ari,

I ca

n’t

bel

ieve

that

you

are

a s

enio

r an

d gra

duat

ing t

his

yea

r. I

hav

e no

idea

wher

e al

l

the

tim

e w

ent,

but

I ca

n s

ay f

or s

ure

that

you

gre

w u

p to

be

an i

nte

llig

ent,

ambi

tiou

s, a

nd

beau

tifu

l w

oman

. Y

ou h

ave

gon

e th

rough s

o

much

in y

our

life

alr

eady

, an

d I

real

ly l

ook

up

to y

ou. Y

ou’v

e

alw

ays

been

a c

arin

g a

nd

gen

erou

s pe

rson

; w

illi

ng t

o hel

p an

y-

one

wit

h a

nyth

ing n

o m

atte

r w

hat

. Y

ou a

re s

tron

g a

nd

inde

pen-

dent

and

I kn

ow t

hat

you

wil

l be

abl

e to

do

anyth

ing t

hat

you

set

you

r m

ind

to, so

I h

ope

the

wor

ld i

s re

ady f

or t

he

amaz

ing t

hin

gs

that

you

wil

l do

.

I ca

n’t

pic

k a

single

fav

orit

e m

emor

y o

f m

ine

that

I h

ave

wit

h y

ou

beca

use

ther

e ar

e so

man

y. A

ll t

he

tim

es m

y f

amil

y c

ame

to N

orth

Dak

ota

and

stay

ed a

t th

e C

omfo

rt I

nn a

nd

you

gir

ls w

ould

com

e ov

er

and

go

swim

min

g w

ith u

s. W

e w

ould

pla

y g

ames

and

try t

o do

all

kinds

of

fancy

tri

cks,

or

play

ing g

ames

in t

he

arca

de r

oom

. I

love

d th

e

sum

mer

s w

e sp

ent

toget

her

when

I w

ould

com

e ba

ck t

o N

D t

o han

g o

ut

for

a w

eek

or t

wo.

Jum

ping o

n t

he

tram

poli

ne,

sw

imm

ing, ro

ller

blad

ing, an

d ju

st h

angin

g

out.

I

rem

embe

r w

hen

you

cam

e

to M

innes

ota

for

my g

radu

atio

n a

nd

you

wer

e w

illi

ng t

o hel

p w

ith e

very

thin

g. Y

ou c

ame

dow

n a

nd

bounce

d on

me

to w

ake

me

up

for

my p

arty

, th

en h

elpe

d m

e de

cora

te, an

d hel

ped

get

all

of

the

food

rea

dy. E

very

tim

e I

thin

k ab

out

thos

e ti

mes

I c

an d

o not

hin

g b

ut

smil

e.

I kn

ow y

ou w

ill

succ

eed

at c

olle

ge.

Y

ou h

ave

the

dete

rmin

atio

n a

nd

the

inte

llig

ence

to

do w

hat

ever

you

put

you

r

hea

rt t

o. T

her

e w

ill

be t

imes

that

thin

gs

wil

l get

tou

gh a

nd

you

wil

l get

tre

men

dousl

y s

tres

sed

out

beca

use

of

it, bu

t

just

rem

embe

r th

at a

s lo

ng a

s you

do

the

abso

lute

bes

t th

at y

ou c

an, th

an e

very

thin

g w

ill

wor

k ou

t. T

he

best

adv

ice

I

can t

ell

you

is

to t

ry t

o not

com

plet

ely f

reak

out

when

som

ethin

g h

appe

ns

and

you

r pl

ans

chan

ge,

bec

ause

som

ethin

g

wil

l al

way

s w

ork

out

and

at t

he

end

of i

t al

l, i

t w

as a

ll f

or t

he

best

. Y

ou c

an a

lway

s ca

ll m

e, t

ext

me,

em

ail

me,

or

even

Fac

eboo

k m

e if

you

nee

d an

yth

ing. I

’ll

alw

ays

be h

ere

for

you

to

vent

to, cr

y t

o, a

nd

even

just

to

talk

.

Alw

ays

keep

you

r hea

d up

beca

use

you

are

bea

uti

ful

and

the

wor

ld d

eser

ves

to s

ee y

ou s

mil

e. I

know

that

you

hav

e a

brig

ht

futu

re a

hea

d of

you

and

I ca

n’t

wai

t to

see

wher

e you

r ro

ad w

ill

lead

.

Love

you

lot

s,

Hei

di

Tar

i,

Con

gra

tula

tion

s. I’m

pro

ud

of y

ou a

nd

wis

h y

ou t

he

best

. I

fee

l hon

ored

to

in y

our

life

.

Love

, M

arty

Nor

by

“Tar

i you

are

a s

upe

r pe

rson

and

hav

e be

en g

reat

to

wor

k w

ith o

ver

the

man

y y

ears

that

you

hav

e be

en w

orki

ng f

or S

ND

and

not

to

men

tion

a s

upe

r fr

iend.

Nev

er t

hou

ght

I w

ould

hav

e a

teen

ager

get

a t

atto

o w

ith m

e in

my o

ld a

ge.

But

it w

as a

bla

st

shar

ing t

hat

exp

erie

nce

wit

h y

ou. Lo

okin

g f

orw

ard

to m

any m

ore

yea

rs o

f gol

fing w

eeke

nds

in t

he

futu

re a

nd

I w

ish y

ou a

ll

the

best

in y

our

futu

re e

nde

avor

s. L

ove

Ya,

Mis

s”

My D

ear

Tar

i

I kn

ow y

ou h

ave

been

wai

ting a

nd

drea

min

g f

or

this

day

to

com

e…..

and

now

her

e it

is

at l

ast!

I a

m

real

ly g

oing t

o so

und

like

an o

ld l

ady,

but

that

’s o

k.

I re

mem

ber

so w

ell

when

you

wer

e bo

rn.

Tam

i had

to s

pend

the

nig

ht

wit

h u

s be

cause

bac

k th

en y

our

gra

ndp

aren

ts l

ived

in S

elby

. S

o, y

our

mom

and

dad

show

ed u

p at

our

hou

se t

o le

ave

Tam

i w

ith u

s an

d

you

r m

om’s

chee

ks w

ere

rosy

and

she

look

ed a

s if

she

was

out

of b

reat

h,

and

nee

dles

s to

say

, th

ey w

ere

anxi

ous

to g

et t

o th

e hos

pita

l –

a b

aby w

as o

n t

he

way

! I

wil

l nev

er f

orget

that

phon

e ca

ll t

hat

an-

nou

nce

d you

wer

e bo

rn.

“We

hav

e an

other

gir

l,”

you

r

dad

annou

nce

d, “

and

we

are

nam

ing h

er T

ari.

” W

hat

a bl

essi

ng!

And

now

the

mom

ent

is t

akin

g m

y b

reat

h

away

!

I w

as v

ery p

leas

ed w

hen

you

r pa

rents

ask

ed m

e to

be

you

r G

od M

other

, bu

t be

cam

e a

bit

ner

vous

when

I

found

out

you

r U

ncl

e D

an w

as g

oing t

o be

you

r G

od

Fat

her

! I

knew

all

the

resp

onsi

bili

ty w

as g

oing t

o re

st

on m

y s

hou

lder

s to

hav

e you

rai

sed

as a

res

ponsi

ble,

goo

d C

hri

stia

n ‘ca

use

we

all

knew

that

Dan

was

a b

it

on t

he

devi

ous

side

!

As

the

yea

rs p

asse

d, I

wat

ched

you

gro

w t

o be

com

e

a be

auti

ful,

you

ng l

ady a

nd

wit

h e

ach p

assi

ng y

ear,

you

hel

d on

to t

hat

bea

uti

ful

smil

e an

d you

r br

ight

blue

eyes

. I

call

that

the

Tar

i si

gnat

ure

!

Eig

hte

en y

ears

hav

e qu

ickl

y p

asse

d an

d you

are

now

gra

duat

ing.

You

r m

om i

s sm

ilin

g a

nd

wat

chin

g y

ou.

I’m

sure

she

is v

ery p

roud,

as

I am

alo

ng w

ith m

any

other

of

you

r de

ar f

amil

y a

nd

frie

nds

. Y

ou a

re i

nde

ed

a bl

essi

ng t

o th

ose

you

tou

ch.

I kn

ow t

her

e ar

e goo

d

thin

gs

for

you

in y

our

futu

re a

nd

you

wil

l go

far.

Life

is

fill

ed w

ith b

oth,

goo

d ti

mes

and

hic

cups

. Y

ou

know

, th

at’s

what

mak

es l

ife

wor

th l

ivin

g.

I le

ave

wit

h

you

Les

sons

Life

Has

Tau

ght

Me.

This

is

a po

st I

hav

e on

my w

all

at w

ork.

I r

ead

it a

lmos

t ev

ery d

ay.

If

I’m

hav

ing a

goo

d da

y,

I le

arn f

rom

it.

If

I’m

hav

ing

a ba

d da

y,

I le

arn f

rom

it.

As

you

go

thro

ugh l

ife,

if

I ca

n s

har

e so

me

advi

ce,

two

of t

he

mos

t im

port

ant

thin

gs

to l

earn

is

to l

ove

you

rsel

f an

d to

for

giv

e

you

rsel

f. C

arry

on.

Go

far.

Rea

ch f

or t

he

star

s. P

eace

to y

ou!

Love

, you

r G

od M

other

Don

na

acach

achhhhhhhhh f

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o f

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to

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Less

ons

Life

Has

Tau

ght

Me

Life

isn

’t f

air,

but

it’s

sti

ll g

ood.

When

in d

oubt

, ju

st t

ake

the

nex

t sm

all

step

.

Life

is

too

shor

t to

was

te t

ime

hat

ing a

nyon

e.

Don

’t t

ake

you

rsel

f so

ser

iousl

y.

No

one

else

doe

s.

You

don

’t h

ave

to w

in e

very

arg

um

ent.

Agre

e to

dis

agre

e.

Cry

wit

h s

omeo

ne.

It’

s m

ore

hea

ling t

han

cry

ing a

lone.

It’s

OK

to

get

angry

wit

h G

od.

He

can t

ake

it.

Mak

e pe

ace

wit

h y

our

past

so

it w

on’t

scr

ew u

p th

e pr

esen

t.

It’s

OK

to

let

you

r ch

ildr

en s

ee y

ou c

ry

Don

’t c

ompa

re y

our

life

to

other

s’.

You

hav

e no

idea

what

thei

r jo

urn

ey

is a

ll a

bout.

Eve

ryth

ing c

an c

han

ge

in t

he

blin

k of

an e

ye.

But

don’t

wor

ry;

God

nev

er

blin

ks.

Tak

e a

deep

bre

ath.

It c

alm

s th

e m

ind.

Get

rid

of

anyth

ing t

hat

isn

’t u

sefu

l, b

eauti

ful

or j

oyfu

l.

What

ever

doe

sn’t

kil

l you

rea

lly d

oes

mak

e you

str

onger

.

It’s

nev

er t

oo l

ate

to h

ave

a hap

py c

hil

dhoo

d. B

ut

the

seco

nd

one

is u

p to

you

and

no

one

else

.

When

it

com

es t

o goi

ng a

fter

what

you

lov

e in

lif

e, d

on’t

tak

e no

for

an

answ

er.

Burn

the

candl

es,

use

the

nic

e sh

eets

. D

on’t

sav

e it

for

a s

peci

al o

cca-

sion

. T

oday

is

spec

ial.

Ove

r pr

epar

e, a

nd

then

go

wit

h t

he

flow

.

Be

ecce

ntr

ic n

ow.

Don

’t w

ait

for

old

age

to w

ear

purp

le.

The

mos

t im

port

ant

organ

is

the

brai

n.

No

one

is i

n c

har

ge

of y

our

hap

pines

s, e

xcep

t you

.

Fra

me

ever

y s

o-ca

lled

dis

aste

r w

ith t

hes

e w

ords

: “I

n f

ive

yea

rs,

wil

l th

is

mat

ter?

”

Alw

ays

choo

se l

ife.

For

giv

e ev

eryon

e ev

eryth

ing.

What

oth

er p

eopl

e th

ink

of y

ou i

s non

e of

you

r bu

sines

s.

Tim

e hea

ls a

lmos

t ev

eryth

ing.

Giv

e ti

me,

tim

e.

How

ever

goo

d or

bad

a s

ituat

ion i

s, i

t w

ill

chan

ge.

You

r jo

b w

on’t

tak

e ca

re o

f you

when

you

are

sic

k. Y

our

frie

nds

wil

l.

Sta

y i

n t

ouch

.

Bel

ieve

in m

irac

les.

God

lov

es y

ou b

ecau

se o

f w

hom

God

is,

not

bec

ause

of

anyth

ing y

ou d

id

or d

idn’t

do.

Don

’t a

udi

t li

fe.

Show

up

and

mak

e th

e m

ost

of i

t now

.

Gro

win

g o

ld b

eats

the

alte

rnat

ive-

-dyin

g y

oung.

You

r ch

ildr

en g

et o

nly

one

chil

dhoo

d. M

ake

it m

emor

able

.

All

that

tru

ly m

atte

rs i

n t

he

end

is t

hat

you

lov

ed.

Get

outs

ide

ever

y d

ay.

Mir

acle

s ar

e w

aiti

ng e

very

wher

e.

If w

e al

l th

rew

our

prob

lem

s in

a p

ile

and

saw

eve

ryon

e el

se’s

, w

e’d

gra

b

ours

bac

k.

Envy

is

a w

aste

of

tim

e. Y

ou

alre

ady h

ave

all

you

nee

d.

The

best

is

yet

to

com

e.

No

mat

ter

how

you

fee

l, g

et u

p,

dres

s up,

and

show

up.

Yie

ld.

Life

isn

’t t

ied

wit

h a

bow

, bu

t it

’s

stil

l a

gif

t.

e no

idea

wher

e al

l

llig

ent,

ll

igen

t,

u rth

rh

over

all

all

oved

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ng o

ut

ng

out

for

a w

eek

or t

wo.

fo

ra

wee

kor

tw

o.

han

gin

g

out.

I

rem

embe

r w

hen

you

cam

e

dbo

unce

don

me

dbo

unce

don

m

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futu

re l

ies

befo

re y

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ke a

fie

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f dr

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snow

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refu

l how

you

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ry s

tep

wil

l sh

ow.

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U A

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OR

AN

GE

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tandi

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Rad

iant

Am

azin

g

Nic

e &

Nea

t

Gen

uin

e

Eas

y-g

oing

Tar

i, W

hen

I f

irst

met

you

it

was

eas

y t

o se

e th

at o

range

was

you

r fa

vori

te c

olor

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d it

tru

ly f

its

you

r pe

rson

alit

y. I

cou

ld g

o on

and

on w

ith a

djec

tive

s to

des

crib

e you

, be

liev

e m

e th

e ab

ove

are

just

the

tip

of t

he

iceb

erg. Y

ou a

re s

uch

a s

mar

t an

d vi

bran

t gir

l an

d I

know

you

wil

l ac

com

plis

h w

hat

ever

you

set

you

r m

ind

to. I

wis

h y

ou n

othin

g b

ut

the

best

wit

h y

our

nex

t ad

ventu

re!!! C

ongra

ts o

n y

our

gra

duat

ion!

Mar

cy M

cDow

all

So

Tar

i, y

our

big d

ay h

as a

rriv

ed! I

t m

ay h

ave

seem

ed l

ike

a lo

ng t

ime

to y

ou b

ut

it s

eem

s li

ke y

este

rday

to

me

that

you

wer

e a

litt

le t

oddl

er i

n d

iape

rs. T

ime

has

a w

ay o

f sl

ippi

ng b

y t

oo q

uic

kly s

o m

ake

sure

that

you

tak

e ti

me

to e

n-

joy e

ach a

nd

ever

y d

ay. I

wan

t you

to

know

that

we

are

very

pro

ud

of y

ou a

nd

we

wis

h y

ou t

he

best

! K

eep

on s

mil

in’!

Con

gra

tula

tion

s!

Tod

d T

hro

nso

n

Tar

i,

WO

W!!! W

her

e has

the

tim

e gon

e??

? W

asn’t

it

just

yes

terd

ay, w

hen

you

wer

e a

shy l

ittl

e gir

l goi

ng o

nly

to

you

r

Mom

, D

ad, T

ami

or G

randp

a an

d G

randm

a?Y

ou h

ave

gro

wn i

nto

a r

emar

kabl

e you

ng w

oman

. Y

ou h

ave

had

man

y c

hal

lenges

in y

our

you

ng l

ife

alre

ady. W

e

hav

e se

vera

l hap

py m

emor

ies

also

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t w

as a

lway

s a

blas

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min

g t

o N

orth

Dak

ota

and

stay

ing a

t th

e C

omfo

rt I

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hav

ing a

ll o

f you

com

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er t

o sw

im a

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play

vid

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ames

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e al

so e

njo

y i

t w

hen

you

com

e to

Min

nes

ota

to v

isit

us

espe

cial

ly n

ear

you

r bi

rthda

y w

hen

we

eat

out

at t

he

Red

Rob

in (re

mem

ber

that

??

?).

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we

get

to

see

you

at

Hay

Day

s th

is c

omin

g S

epte

mbe

r? W

e hop

e so

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aybe

eve

n o

ne

of t

hes

e w

inte

rs w

e w

ill

get

to

show

you

the

snow

mob

ile

trai

ls i

n M

innes

ota!

!! D

o you

supp

ose

even

get

you

to

buy a

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??

?

CO

NG

RA

TU

LAT

ION

S!!!!!

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d lu

ck i

n c

olle

ge

and

in a

ll t

he

yea

rs a

hea

d.W

e lo

ve y

ou,

Uncl

e Ji

m a

nd

Aunt

Bre

nda

Tar

i,

So

I tr

ied

to f

ind

a pi

cture

of

all

of u

s pl

ayin

g i

n

the

mud

beca

use

that

is

mor

e li

ke t

he

Tar

i w

e kn

ow

but

that

was

a l

ittl

e di

ffic

ult

...t

his

one

is o

f a

very

fun t

ime

also

! S

o you

’re

done

wit

h h

igh s

choo

l T

ari,

but

as y

ou g

o to

col

lege

don’t

for

get

you

r B

IG G

IRL

PA

NT

IES

!

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gra

tula

tion

s!

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ry a

nd

Cry

stal

Jah

ner

“CO

NG

RA

TU

LAT

ION

S T

AR

I!!

I am

so

prou

d of

you

, gra

dua-

tion

is

one

of t

he

mos

t im

por-

tant

and

rew

ardi

ng t

imes

in a

pers

on’s

lif

e- a

ll t

hat

har

d w

ork

final

ly p

aid

off!

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gai

n,

con-

gra

tula

tion

s- h

ave

a gre

at s

um

-

mer

and

best

of

luck

to

you

and

you

r fu

ture

pla

ns.

I

love

you

!!”

Chel

sey T

hro

nso

n

What

I r

emem

ber

mos

t ab

out

Tar

i w

as w

hen

she

was

lit

tle

I

use

d to

tak

e her

and

wra

p her

up

tight

in h

er b

lanke

t an

d pu

t

her

in her

sw

ing f

or h

er n

aps.

I lo

ve y

ou T

ari,

Uncl

e R

obin

Mei

er

Do

no

t go

wh

ere

the

p

ath

may

lead

; go

in

ste

ad w

he

re th

ere

is

no

pat

h a

nd

leav

e a

trai

l.-R

alp

h W

ald

o E

me

rso

n

The

life

of

Tar

iB

y: B

randi

Ozb

un

K

ayla

Bau

ske

O

nce

upo

n a

tim

e in

a t

own c

alle

d M

anda

n.

Ther

e li

ved

a gir

l nam

ed T

ari.

N

ow I

don

’t k

now

if

you

know

this

, bu

t

she

prob

ably

has

som

e of

the

cool

est

frie

nds

you

wil

l ev

er m

eet!

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nyw

ays,

they

wok

e up

one

mor

nin

g,

and

real

ized

they

wer

e

senio

rs,

at M

anda

n H

igh,

and

wow

was

it

craz

y.

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sta

rted

off

the

wit

h H

omec

omin

g..

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rett

y f

un I

gues

s, e

xcep

t fo

r th

e

prin

cipa

l, w

ho

did

not

lik

e th

e se

nio

rs,

and

deci

ded

to n

ot l

et t

hem

hav

e re

d sh

irts

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ow a

not

her

thin

g y

ou n

eed

to k

now

abo

ut

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i’s

frie

nds

is,

they

do

not

lik

e ru

les,

but

then

agai

n w

hat

sen

ior

does

. A

nyw

ays

they

dec

ided

to

mak

e th

eir

whit

e se

nio

r

shir

ts r

ed.

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one

nig

ht

they

wen

t ov

er t

o B

randi

’s h

ouse

. T

her

e th

eir

did

the

unth

inka

ble.

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h a

can

of

red

spra

y p

aint

in

han

d th

ey a

ttac

ked

thos

e w

hit

e sh

irts

and

turn

ed t

hem

red

. O

nce

they

sta

rted

they

cou

ldn’t

sto

p, t

hey

mov

ed f

rom

the

shir

ts t

o

the

tree

s an

d th

en f

rom

the

tree

s to

eac

h o

ther

hah

a ju

st k

iddi

ng.

But

anyw

ays

it w

as a

lot

of

fun.

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’s a

pro

ven f

act

that

Tar

i w

ill

nev

er l

ike

wea

ring d

ress

es.

But

for

her

18

th b

irth

day h

er f

rien

ds t

alke

d her

into

buy-

ing a

dre

ss a

nd

wea

ring i

t ou

t to

eat

. T

his

was

tor

ture

, T

ari

refu

sed

alm

ost

any d

ress

her

fri

ends

push

ed o

nto

her

. F

inal

ly a

t

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berg

ers

she

found

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perf

ect

dres

s. I

t w

as b

lack

and

pink

and

fit

perf

ectl

y.

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even

bet

ter

her

dad

dy p

ayed

for

it.

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er

birt

hda

y,

Tar

i an

d her

fri

ends

wen

t to

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nnie

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inos

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e am

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g f

ood

and

even

mor

e am

azin

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ree

dess

ert.

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er e

atin

g

they

all

dec

ided

to

go

back

to

Ste

phan

ies

and

han

g o

ut.

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e th

ey b

egan

a m

ad g

ame

of c

atch

phra

se.

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cou

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roba

bly

consi

der

it t

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mos

t in

tense

cat

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r be

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layed

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the

end

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dec

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nob

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as a

tie.

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radu

atio

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ishes

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eve

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ndi

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beg

innin

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for

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ther

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a dr

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ahea

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hap

py t

imes

you

’ve

had

so

far,

The

peop

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ou h

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met

Wil

l al

way

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bri

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o

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our

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uth

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all

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est

frie

nd

gav

e m

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e be

st a

dvic

e

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said

eac

h d

ay’s

a g

ift

and

not

a g

iven

rig

ht

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e no

ston

e untu

rned

, le

ave

you

r fe

ars

behin

d

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try t

o ta

ke t

he

path

les

s tr

avel

ed b

y

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fir

st s

tep

you

tak

e is

the

longes

t st

ride

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oday

was

you

r la

st d

ay a

nd

tom

orro

w w

as t

oo l

ate

Cou

ld y

ou s

ay g

oodb

ye

to y

este

rday

?

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ld y

ou l

ive

each

mom

ent

like

you

r la

st

Leav

e ol

d pi

cture

s in

the

past

?

Don

ate

ever

y d

ime

you

had

, if

tod

ay w

as y

our

last

day

?

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if,

what

if,

if

toda

y w

as y

our

last

day

?

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nst

the

gra

in s

hou

ld b

e a

way

of

life

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’s w

orth

the

pric

e is

alw

ays

wor

th t

he

fight

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ry s

econ

d co

unts

‘ca

use

ther

e’s

no

seco

nd

try

So

live

lik

e you

’re

nev

er l

ivin

g t

wic

e

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’t t

ake

the

free

rid

e in

you

r ow

n l

ife

If t

oday

was

you

r la

st d

ay a

nd

tom

orro

w w

as t

oo l

ate

Cou

ld y

ou s

ay g

oodb

ye

to y

este

rday

?

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ld y

ou l

ive

each

mom

ent

like

you

r la

st?

Leav

e ol

d pi

cture

s in

the

past

?

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ate

ever

y d

ime

you

had

?

And

wou

ld y

ou c

all

thos

e fr

iends

you

nev

er s

ee?

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inis

ce o

ld m

emor

ies?

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ld y

ou f

orgiv

e you

r en

emie

s?

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wou

ld y

ou f

ind

that

one

you

’re

drea

min

g o

f?

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ear

up

and

dow

n t

o G

od a

bove

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you

’d f

inal

ly f

all

in l

ove

if t

oday

was

you

r la

st d

ay?

If t

oday

was

you

r la

st d

ay

Wou

ld y

ou m

ake

you

r m

ark

by m

endi

ng a

bro

ken h

eart

?

You

know

it’

s nev

er t

oo l

ate

to s

hoo

t fo

r th

e st

ars

Reg

ardl

ess

of w

ho

you

are

So

do w

hat

ever

it

take

s

‘Cau

se y

ou c

an’t

rew

ind

a m

omen

t in

this

lif

e

Let

not

hin

g s

tand

in y

our

way

‘Cau

se t

he

han

ds o

f ti

me

are

nev

er o

n y

our

side

If t

oday

was

you

r la

st d

ay a

nd

tom

orro

w w

as t

oo l

ate

Cou

ld y

ou s

ay g

oodb

ye

to y

este

rday

?

Wou

ld y

ou l

ive

each

mom

ent

like

you

r la

st?

Leav

e ol

d pi

cture

s in

the

past

?

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ate

ever

y d

ime

you

had

?

And

wou

ld y

ou c

all

thos

e fr

iends

you

nev

er s

ee?

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inis

ce o

ld m

emor

ies?

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ld y

ou f

orgiv

e you

r en

emie

s?

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wou

ld y

ou f

ind

that

one

you

’re

drea

min

g o

f

Sw

ear

up

and

dow

n t

o G

od a

bove

That

you

’d f

inal

ly f

all

in l

ove

if t

oday

was

you

r la

st d

ay?

YO

UR

PO

TE

NT

IAL

Ther

e is

insi

de y

ou a

ll o

f th

e po

tenti

al t

o be

what

ever

you

wan

t to

be,

all

of

the

ener

gy t

o

do w

hat

ever

you

wan

t to

do.

Imag

ine

you

rsel

f as

you

wou

ld l

ike

to b

e, d

o-

ing w

hat

you

wan

t to

do

and

each

day

, ta

ke

one

step

tow

ards

you

r dr

eam

.

And

thou

gh a

t ti

mes

it

may

see

m t

oo d

if-

ficu

lt t

o co

nti

nue,

hol

d on

to

you

r dr

eam

.

One

mor

nin

g y

ou w

ill

awak

e to

fin

d th

at

you

are

the

pers

on y

ou d

ream

ed o

f an

d do

ing

what

you

wan

ted

to d

o, s

impl

y b

ecau

se y

ou

had

the

coura

ge

to b

elie

ve i

n y

our

pote

nti

al

and

to h

old

on t

o you

r dr

eam

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