You have always been my number one supporter (along side mom). You have always been there to tell me to "rub some dirt on it", cheer me on in sports and never forget to tell me you are proud of me when I call you excited about how I aced a test.

I love that I can call you or come to you about anything and everything under the sun, although I take it for granted sometimes I can't thank you enough for letting me talk your ear off, sometimes multiple times a day.

So dad, I need you to know that all of those times I have called you from school with questions about my classes, my car and why it won't start, or just to tell you funny situations I’ve gotten myself into so we can laugh together, mean the world to me and make me smile whenever I think about them.

It is too comforting to know you are there, whether being a phone call away when times get difficult or confusing, or whenever I am in search for an answer to the simplest problem, its nice turning to you with open arms when I feel as through I have no where else to turn.

Thanks for just simply being my dad: I mean I know it is a pretty fun to have a daughter as cool as me but I can get pretty emotional sometimes and you never make me feel bad for having the emotions that I do. I also can't express to you that you are such an inspiration and I hope that I continue to grow to be half of the person you are. You work harder than anyone I know and I don’t tell you as often as I should just how motivating that is to see how to live a successful life.

Thank you for teaching me your ways but also letting me figure things out for myself. You have taught me that I must forgive and that if something goes wrong it is not the end of the world, we just confront it and work past it.

Thank you for setting a standard that my future significant other must meet before (we) decide he is the one. He must have the perfect sass to respect ratio, am I right?

Thank you for continuing to teach me life lessons from a young age and even now. Like always read the fine print, and knowing it is ALWAYS okay to say no.

Thank you for every inside joke we share, and every look we pass that allows us to know what is going on in each other's head.

Also, thanks for reminding me that I am still your daughter whenever I am arguing with you...the apple didn't fall far from the tree and you are basically arguing with yourself. (Which means I will never win...sadly)

Thank you for never letting me think I should ever settle, I'll never forget when you told me that my McDreamy and McSteamy are out there.

Thank you for making the best dad jokes out there, plain and simple.

Thank you for always wanting the best for me, letting me grow and change, become an adult, but never TOO adult to know that I am still your little girl.

I love you and once again, thank you.