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Teen Mom's Gary Shirley penned a touching connection for girl Leah, who helium shares with ex Amber Portwood, to observe her 14th birthday. Read his station dedicated to “a precise astute young lady.”
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Gary Shirley is celebrating his small girl.
The Teen Mom prima penned a day tribute to girl Leah, who helium shares with ex Amber Portwood, successful grant of her 14th birthday.
"Wishing my precise awesome girl Leah shirley a precise blessed birthday, she's a precise astute young woman & I couldn't inquire for a amended kid," Gary wrote connected Instagram Nov. 13. "I emotion you Leah truthful precise much."
Gary's day shoutout for his girl comes 1 twelvemonth aft Leah's 13th day solemnisation was filmed for Teen Mom: The Next Chapter. As seen successful the occurrence past year, Amber attended the event for her estranged daughter.
"We're moving connected our narration and I'm being patient," Amber said during the episode. "Last year, my girl asked for abstraction and I'm doing my champion to beryllium contiguous for her portion respecting her boundaries."
As for however Leah felt astir the encounter, Leah told her dada during the episode, "I privation america to beryllium affable unneurotic and not person immoderate issues oregon anything."
It's been a rocky roadworthy for Gary, Amber and Leah. In November 2021, Gary revealed that Leah started therapy during the Teen Mom OG reunion, which led Amber to get up and leave the taping.
However, aft that reunion was filmed, fans watched Amber invitation Gary to beryllium her positive 1 for Teen Mom Family Reunion, which aired successful January. Reflecting connected attending the gathering together, Amber exclusively gave E! News a look into her and Gary's narration arsenic co-parents.
"With maine and Gary together, we similar to person fun," she said. "Half of the clip we conscionable speech crap to each different oregon we get into fights oregon we are friends with each other. We ne'er know, honestly. It depends connected however helium wakes up oregon I aftermath up—or possibly conscionable however I aftermath up."
More recently, Amber recovered herself "devastated and heartbroken" aft losing the custody battle for her 4-year-old lad James, who she shares with ex Andrew Glennon, successful July.
"I've worked truthful hard to amended myself and amended my relationships with my children," the Teen Mom prima told E! News astatine the time. "While I've ever been candid astir my past substance maltreatment and struggles with intelligence illness, a idiosyncratic should person the accidental to redeem themselves and not beryllium tethered to their problems from the past."
She added, "I'll ne'er halt warring for my children who I emotion much than anything."
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