Amanda worked part-time at Anthropologie while earning a degree at Xavier University. She was stunned and so happy when Anthropologie offered her a full-time position after graduation. A few months later she received a promotion giving her a salary and benefits. She was surprised to find herself beaming with pride. Anthropologie gave Amanda so much! Wonderful relationships that were worth the world to her, a way to express her creative nature, confidence that her hard work in college was allowing her to be self-sufficient and independent, but most of all, it allowed her to believe in a future where all her dreams and plans could become a reality. Her life was too short, but she was given wonderful gifts by all those who work at Anthropologie store 424. Sometimes the best part of life is dreaming and planning when you are confident that all is possible. Shari and I will be forever grateful to all of you. John & Shari Baird, proud parents of Amanda Baird