Dear Dad: I Love You

This one's going to be super personal so if that makes you uncomfortable, stop reading now.

My Dad is quite literally the most amazing person I know. My parents have been married for almost 25 years. For the last 10 or so years, my mom has had chronic back pain and requires multiple very expensive treatments. She hasn't been able to work as she can barely stand or sit for extended periods of time. Not once has my dad complained about spending his own money to pay for her treatments. Not once have I heard him say something negative about having to help clean and make trips to get groceries because my mom can't.

He wakes up at 5:30 every morning to go to work and gets home 12 hours later, just in time to have dinner, do anything my mom has on a list of things she needs, watch a little "Two and a Half Men" and fall asleep on the couch by 9:30. After all this hard work, he doesn't go out to Best Buy and purchase tons of fancy toys or buy cars or vacations, he puts it away or pays off the mortgage and bills.

My Dad has paid for my tuition and school expenses — not to mention every other expense including food, gas, entertainment...literally everything for the last year.

Me being the rebellious teenager that I was, I moved out before I was ready and Dad pretty much supplemented my rent for the next 9 months. Why should he? I moved out because I didn't want to listen to my parents anymore. He loves me so much he just wanted to make sure I was happy even if I wasn't under his roof anymore.

He works so hard for his family and never asks for anything but gratitude in return. And the kicker?

I've owed $2000 on my credit card since December...or so I thought.
My dad has been taking my credit card statements and phone bills for the last 4 months and paying them off without me knowing.

I currently only owe Mastercard $690. You are amazing.

Dad I love you so much. Any man I marry better be at least half as amazing as you or they have no chance.

<3