In October, Hailie was named homecoming queen of Chippewa Valley High School and on June 11 she graduated with an Academic Excellence Award, honoring her parents influence on the school website.
“My mother and father are because they have pushed me to be the person I am and have given me all the support to achieve what I have,” she said.
This is all really nice, because she appears to be having a really great, normal life. Although, the real take away here is that anyone who remembers listening to “Hailie’s Song” in 2002 is now officially ancient.
As Eminem once said: “My baby girl keeps gettin’ older / I watch her grow up with pride / People make jokes ’cause they don’t understand me / They just don’t see my real side.”