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IV ‣ light the way.
Look for what is good and you will find it; explore the world, be positive, create balance, cherish your family, shape the future, care deeply, honor yourself, stay hungry, stay foolish. I love you to my heart's content.

Jenny Penland
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V ‣ Paint the sky.
Kennedy, I am continuously amazed by life and love. How is it possible that I love you more today than I did yesterday? How is it conceivable that I created your life, and yet your love gives me mine? Each day, you grow smarter, funnier and sweeter. And each day, our love and bond grows stronger. You have a certain gift of finding joy in everything, and leaving it behind you as you go. You flood my soul with light and laughter and burst my seems with pride. I hope no mat

Jenny Penland
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VI ‣ she.
We've felt our share of growing pains, but each and every day, there are moments when you do something so spectacular... so lovely... so kind, that the world slows down and I can't help but stop and recognize your beautiful, sweet soul. No matter where life takes us or the trials we face, I will always be your biggest fan.

Jenny Penland
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III ‣ sturdy up your heart.
2010 America was coming in strong to its word art phase, and so, it only seemed fitting to twenty-three year old Jenny to compile lyrics with oversaturated graphics and high contrast sepia tones. Sugary, syrupy, honeyed sentiment. Eight years later, and these songs still pull at me. Some, out of timelessness. Others, out of recognition for who we were then and how much that has changed. Listen to the playlist here, which also includes a few other "birthday songs" referenced i

Jenny Penland
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II ‣ forever young.
But whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you win or lose. Forever young.

Jenny Penland
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XI ‣ always.
"It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting."
At times, you will feel defeated, outwitted, misused, mistook, misled. Keep swinging. Things arent always gonna come easy. Keep pushing. Sometimes it will take a second, or third, or a hundreth try before you get it right. Keep trying. When you get knocked down, get back up. Fight, and fight again, and keep fighting. Don't let anyone take the fight outta you.

Jenny Penland
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IX ‣ halfway there.
I have a nine year old daughter. I. Have. A. Nine. Year. Old. Daughter . I cannot believe it. So many times, as you scoff at (insert reprimand here), I retort – “Well, when you’re a grown up, you don’t have to…” Make your bed. Do the dishes. Mind your tone... …Clean up the seven f*****ng million Rainbow Loom bands that follow behind your trail like crumbs to Gretel. “When you’re a grown up, you don’t have to listen to me…” And here we are, halfway there . My chest tightens as

Jenny Penland
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Dear BPA ‣ Congratulations on your Bridge Ceremony, Bridge Prep 5th and 8th Graders!
Dear BPA, Today is your Bridge Ceremony... Congratulations! You've made it this far in your academic journey and I am so proud of you,...

Kennedy Samaire
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Capture by Kennedy ‣ Boston Public Library
These photographs were commissioned by the Boston Public Library, Teen Central.

Kennedy Samaire
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Kennedy's Poetry ‣ In My Dreams
The heart may wander, seeking what it lacks - But wisdom sprouts from life's ethereal cracks.

Kennedy Samaire
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Kennedy's Poetry ‣ The Mark of Masterpiece
We were never the type to put a label on it But I felt every beat of your heart when we'd admit That maybe we were meant for more than...

Kennedy Samaire
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Snow Lands on Top ‣ Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Originally published in Register Forum Newspaper, December 2023 Edition (Lionsgate) The long awaited film adaptation of Suzanne Collins'...

Kennedy Samaire
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Kennedy's Poetry ‣ In the Shadows
You don't even realize but I'm the one who's always by your side you might need me in the daylight but we're separated once we get to...

Kennedy Samaire
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Kennedy's Poetry ‣ Dirty Laundry
And as we mend the fabric of our soul,
The threads of forgiveness make us whole.

Kennedy Samaire
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Event Horizon ‣ My Achilles, you'll always be.
Is this what you need to see The empty soul I’ve come to be A heart collapsed to singularity Just a black hole, ever widening Long...

Jenny Penland
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Dallas, Texas ‣ Ringing in the Teens at Six Flags
We celebrated Kennedy's thirteenth birthday in Dallas, Texas -- with museums, aquariums, coasters and a whole bunch of good eats.

Jenny Penland
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XV ‣ Violent Happenstance.
I wanted you to be able to look back and reflect upon our intertwining, because you happen to me just as much as I happen to you.

Jenny Penland
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Sugar Crush Costume Tutorial ‣ Chews your Racer!
How to make the racer costumes and cars from Wreck-it Ralph's Sugar Rush!

Jenny Penland
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Halloween at the Four Seasons ‣ Walt Disney World, Orlando
Special amenities, treats, and resort offerings that make your Fall trip to the Four Seasons so much spookier!

Jenny Penland
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Four Seasons ‣ Orlando
Located within Walt Disney World Resort, the Four Seasons Orlando is an AAA Five Diamond property, boasting twenty-six acres of family-frien

Jenny Penland
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