Thank you so much everyone! We
are proud of our baby. She is a very good trusting person and loving to all who know her.
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We all know she is determined to succeed in the future and it means a lot to me that my friends at AP are so kind.
Tammie, lei's are very common in graduations here whether they are real or silk orchids. I've seen money lei's too. As to ties to Hawaii...my grandfather's parents immigrated to Hawaii and had a large family before it became the 50th state. I still have - lucky butts
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- family living there on the main island. Unfortunately we haven't visited them in a long time.