Dear Dad,

Thanks for everything you do. Thank you for backing my car into the driveway when I don't want to. Thank you for paying for my food. Thank you for finding mom so I could even exist. I think that ones probably the most important.

Seriously though, I have no idea what I would do without you. Youre the one who I come running to when just the slightest inconvenience happens. You know, like when my car breaks down. We both know ill never be able to handle that mechanical stuff on my own.

Thank you for putting up with me for so long. Even though Im probably the coolest kid ever my humor and loud mouth probably can get annoying. Props to you for learning to ignore my crappy jokes.

Thank you for taking the role of mom and dad. I know you didnt have to, but you willingly took over. I know it was rough. Nobody wants to deal with two teenage girls by themself. You rocked it though. I wouldnt say you rocked it very gracefully, but at least we all survived it.

Thank you for always supporting me in whatever I did. From my sports to my education. You came to every one of my games and events without complaint. You also encouraged me to try harder. YOu taught me how to be a tougher person and how to stand back up after falling. You instilled in me at a young age a competitors attitude and although sometimes people have complaints about it, I think its one of the most important traits to have.

Thank you for making me tough. You never left me misinformed or sugar coated things. It taught me how to take what life has and roll with it. You taught me how to take my losses and my wins and become a better person from each of them. You taught me how to be caring and gentle, but also assertive when it was necessary. You taught me to make myself known and that being loud wasnt anything to be ashamed of.

Thank you for being rad. Love you to death.