Dear Dad,

Thank you.

When seeing my English assignment about writing a letter to someone, I was stuck and unsure of who to write to or even what I would write about. But then you come into my room with an iced coffee you made for me, without any requests, and said with a big smile on your face, “Here’s a little something to help you with your school work.”.

You have been my number one fan since I was born. You showed up to every one of my sporting events, even if that meant leaving work early to see me play. You also spent endless early Saturday mornings driving me to travel tournaments and dealing with me being a cranky, 12 year old girl in the car. My favorite thing about all this was not the fact of you being at every game or the rides you had given me, it is what happened after the game. After every tournament I had, you would look up the best ice cream place in the random town or city we were in that weekend, and would take me there. We would sit and talk about school and my friends and not even mention anything about the games that just happened.

I don’t remember the scores of the game or what happened during, I remember the irreplaceable memories I made with you, and that is something I will forever be grateful for and never forgot.

Thank you Dad for being such a selfless person and giving me so many happy childhood memories.

-Katie Fallon