Dear Mr. Phillips: I wanted to thank you for posting the article, “The Thirteenth Year” on your website. I read it just a few weeks before my 13th birthday, and I was forever changed by it. My idea of the perfect 13th birthday party just didn’t seem quite right, and I even considered giving up the idea all together. But when I read this newsletter, my eyes were opened to not only the priviledge and responsibility of the teen years, but the real spiritual significance of turning thirteen. Thank you so much for this incredible resource!