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You don't have to be perfect. 💛 "As an LDS missionary I was having a very hard time training a new Elder. I constantly felt like a failure, never measuring up. A wise friend and mentor took me aside after I had been short-tempered and said, 'yo
This is such a beautiful and important one. 💛 "A few years ago, I called my parents sobbing letting them know that marriage was basically falling apart. I was 8 months pregnant and living states away from them. Without hesitation, my dad called
A perfect response. 💛 "When I was sixteen years old, I totaled the family van when I accidentally smashed it into the back of my dad's truck in the driveway. I gunned the wrong pedal. I was in shock and filled with immediate dread. Sobbing unco
So sweet. 💛 "I had to move my junior year of high school and I wasn’t making friends very quickly, so I spent a lot of my time just at home with my dad and my dog. Around Halloween my dad let me know about a haunted house that was popular
She added in a follow-up message that he did all this while she was one of five kids! 💗💛 "When I was in the 7th grade Les Miserables came to Salt Lake City for the very first time. My friend and I were already OBSESSED with the soundtrack, and
This is SO pure 💗. An extended dad network. 🚘💛 "One time I had a flat tire and I was FaceTiming my dad to help me change it when another guy pulled over with some kids in the car and said “I would want someone to help my daughters&rdquo
Shared with permission from her sweet friend. 💛 "My sweet friend is going through the nastiest divorce right now. Her father (who is older and at risk of COVID) drives over 100 miles multiples times a week to her house to help with her kid
Yes. Very sweet. 💛 "My dad came up to visit us sometime after our wedding during a really chaotic time in his life. he saw our half painted kitchen, went to home depot and bought the proper tools, and finished painting our whole kitchen for us
Still sharing some father/father figure kindnesses and this one comes from my own sister about our father. 💛 "One morning the lights in the laundry room went out. My dad, or Bapa as he’s called by his 17 grandchildren, went to switch out
This one is from a good friend, who I know himself to be a very good father. 💛 "A few years back, as my family and I prepared to move our young family from Virginia to Philadelphia, my dad insisted on flying out to help, the same as he had done
What a tender act at such a difficult time. 😭💛 "My wife and I had a small, informal graveside service for our baby after she miscarried. Most of this time is a blur to me now but I do remember talking for a few minutes to the small group of fr
Wow. 📘😭💛 "When my dad realized his cancer was terminal, he recorded himself reading a Christmas story to his grandkids (who were babies at the time.) 16 years later, we still listen to that tape every X-mas Eve; it helps my kids to “rem
So meaningful. 💛 "I was planting beans in my dad’s garden one day when I realized that I had misread the instructions. I sheepishly admitted my error and he simply smiled and said, 'don’t worry, there are no mistakes in my garden.'
I love this. 💛 "When I was a sophomore in college, my roommate and I decided to spend reading days in Las Vegas. We were driving back to campus the Sunday before finals when her car broke down in Beaver, Utah. I called my dad, who lived in SLC
I love her. 🍫💛 "I live with depression and anxiety and my first semester of school was very difficult from me. One day, I was in a rather large class with assigned seating when I started to have a panic attack. I quickly packed my things and h
"This radically changed my sense of acceptance." 🇻🇳💛 "I was performing in an opera orchestra in Vietnam for six weeks, as a student intern, and near the end of my stay, I went to a party being thrown for the orchestra. The few membe
So significant. 💛 "I love mothering teenagers but sometimes I wonder if they will ever be productive adults. One of them was especially challenging. Several times over his high school years I had other adults in his life go out of their way to
"A small gesture." 🙏💛 "Seven months into my LDS mission, I received an email from home informing me that my younger sister, who had been born with a heart defect, had been told she was going to need open heart surgery. I was scared a
Oh, my whole heart. 😭❤️ 💛 "When my little brother was in 1st grade he was diagnosed with an extremely rare and deadly form of childhood brain cancer called DIPG. He was given 6 months to live and we were told his chance of survival was 2%. Thi
The sweet mama shared in a follow-up, "Writing this out made me emotional all over again. Honestly this story isn't about the money and that's why I love it so. We're okay financially but I miss my kiddo like crazy and I'm glad that others think