Seventeen

You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen

January 23, 1993

Happy Birthday, Courtney!

Rock the Frock ’09

For seventeen years you’ve been my baby, my Princess, my Dancing Queen.  I hope you realize by now that will never change.

Dance by Trudie 1996

Keep smiling. Keep shining. Keep dancing through life.  And always, always remember who you are in Christ.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.  -Ecclesiastes 12:1a

Don’t compromise your convictions.  Don’t settle for less than His best.

Your ability to make others laugh is infectious.  Don’t forget that it’s okay to laugh at yourself. Remember that you are fearfully and wonderfully.

Courtney’s Napoleon Dynamite imitation

So embrace your left-handed awkwardness.

And your inability to use a car wash.

Or remember to remove the gas pump from the tank before driving off.

Embrace who you are!  Embrace it!

Well, except the hypochondria.  Stop embracing that.

And never forget that I will always be your biggest fan.

I love you!

Mom