Not as a child shall we again behold her
For when with rapture wild
In our embraces we again enfold her
She will not be a child
But a fair maiden, in her Father's Mansion
Clothed with celestial grace
And beautiful with all the soul's expansion
Shall we behold her face.

~Henry W. Longfellow

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This picture was taken right before she went to her High School Winter Ball on
December 18, 2003.