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Jeremy Renneris sharing his love and appreciation for his little girl as she reaches double digits.
On Tuesday, theAvengersactor, 52, celebrated daughter Ava’s 10th birthday with a heartfelt message on his Instagram Story, sharing that her “hugs and love” have helped “heal me so incredibly fast” as he continues to recover from hisNew Year’s Day accident that left him severely injured.
“I stand up for you, and I am stronger than before because of you,” Renner continued. “I am your Father, I am your protector, and I am only yours. I love you, Daddy.”
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The actor’s celebratory message for Ava comes just days after heshared a recovery updateon social media, posting a video of him walking on a treadmill months after his accident.
“I now have to find OTHER things to occupy my time so my body can recover from my will,” Renner wrote on Twitter, along with the captions “#mindful,” “#intended” and “#recovery.”
Renner’s accident left the actor in “critical but stable condition” after a snow plow (said to weigh at least 14,330 lbs.) ran him over while he washelping a family member get a “stuck” vehicleout of snow.
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The actor, his family, and his friends have also used humor to assist on his road to recovery, as he shared a sweet video to his Instagram Story this month of his nephew Auggie giving a flawless impersonation of hisAvengersrole.
“So, Uncle Jeremy… I can do the thing that you do with your eyebrow,” said Auggie, before tilting his head down and raising his left brow. “Is that the thing? That it?” he asked his parents, who responded: “100 percent. That’s what it is.”
Renner shared the video to Instagram, writing: “My nephew had more to share with his ‘not dead uncle.'”
source: people.com
