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Kim Heller Marotta

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ONE! 🩵

We love every little thing about you. Sweet like your dad with a little sass like your mom. The squeals when you laugh hard. Your shy smile and endless curiosity. The way you jump up and down when we come get you in the morning. How you’re not the biggest fan of attention. And the way you find mom in any room.

Happy first birthday buddy 🩵

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A year of becoming a dad, a new home, a new job, and more time with the people I love. Thank you, 28—here’s to 29 🥂

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6 months!!!! Our little buddy is getting so big 🥹

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Wisconsin sports !!

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Celebrating 60 years of marriage in Door County! They’ve shown us what forever means. 🤍

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My favorite birthday yet

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Love & Lobster !!

Cheers to the McCormick’s 🥂🤍

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I can’t love you more than my hometown

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My people

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10 years ago, I was terrified of today.
I couldn’t grasp the idea that my dad would be gone this long. I figured he’d come home for dinner and everything would just go back to normal. I thought one day I’d look up into the stands and see him there yelling at the refs and life would feel right again.

I thought he’d be there to walk Karley down the aisle, to dance the night away in Italy at Cam’s wedding, to celebrate both gender reveals, to watch all my broadcasts, and to cheer as Kenna graduated college. Because if he were there, it would all feel so normal.

But for the last 10 years, my family and I have lived without “normal.” We’ve cried in moments we expected him to be there but we’ve also laughed, picturing him exactly how we knew him.

And through it all, I’ve realized something:
Even though I haven’t seen him in a decade, I feel him every single day. I feel his presence in every friend, coach, teammate, mentor, and every single person who’s crossed my path. I truly believe he’s placed people in our lives to help shape who we’ve become to guide us toward the places we were meant to go, even if he couldn’t be the one to lead us there.

For that, I am forever grateful.
I got through today and the last ten years because of who my dad has placed in my life, and I will continue to thank him for guiding me.

I miss you, Dad. We all do, every single day.

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Sweet moments 🩵

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Celebrating love in Portofino ♥️ the most beautiful place in the world. This week really feels like a dream! Love the Marottas forever and ever #happilyeverafter

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