Michael William Sellers, a father of four, died in 2013 from pancreatic cancer, but he thought ahead when it came to his youngest daughter. Before he passed away, Bailey’s dad pre-paid for a floral arrangement to arrive on her birthday each year, up until she turned 21. This year, she turned 21.
“Ever since my dad passed away I’ve hated my birthday and I dread it every year because he always made it so special,” the student from Knoxville, Tennessee told the New York Post. “I was especially dreading my 21st because I knew it would be the last year.”
Attached to the flowers, Bailey found a handwritten love letter from her dad. “I broke down. That letter was very very awesome and sad all at the same time.” To honor her father’s bittersweet gesture, she uploaded his last gift to Twitter where it was retweeted over 350K times and liked by nearly 1,5M people. Scroll down to read what words Michael chose to leave his daughter with.
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Michael William Sellers died in 2013 from pancreatic cancer, but he thought ahead when it came to his youngest daughter
“Ever since my dad passed away I’ve hated my birthday and I dread it every year because he always made it so special”
“I was especially dreading my 21st because I knew it would be the last year”
Attached to the flowers, Bailey found a handwritten love letter from her dad
“I broke down. That letter was very very awesome and sad all at the same time”
Twitter users quickly responded to Sellers’ post, calling it both “heartwarming,” and “heartbreaking”
Such a beautiful thing for a parent to do for their child in their last days. Kudos to the flower shop that kept the handwritten note for so many years
For about a year when I was little, my dad would hand write a little note everyday in a notebook along with my schedule for that day. He died when I was 8. I forgot all about the notebook. I found it last year and read thru all of the little notes. I keep it in my nightstand and read a diffrent note every night. It's been 10 years since he died and I find it hard to remember who he was, but I still have the notes. I don't think he ever realised how much I'd treasure a few little notes that he wrote before work everyday.
This is so sad, yet so beautiful that I teared up instantly. This proves that love can still exist in the world, no matter how hard it gets. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
While going through my grandmother's papers about 10 years after my mom died, I found a card and letter from her. It was marked "For Cheri, after I'm gone". By this time, I had also lost my dad and my brother, several of my friends, and I was really feeling alone in this world. My mom's letter meant everything to me wwhen I found it, and I'm sure she was reading it over my shoulder with me...
I knew I should not read this right after putting on makeup and before having to depart to work, sh*t.
This was so sweet if him and I teared up. I had that feeling in my chest when you start getting sad, you know, the tightness. Happy birthday!!!
When I was 8, mom told me about May Day. From 9 on, no matter where I was in the world, my mom would receive a bouquet of flowers for May Day when a mother's son shows his love for her. She's gone now, but I still honor her on May Day.
Comedian Eddie Izzard lost his mother when he was six and his brother was eight...on their (21st? I think?) birthdays, they were each given a watch their mother had bought for them before she died; held through the years by their dad, so they could have something she had held in her hand while thinking of them. He wears it most days.
I just can't stop crying and smiling a happy smile at the same time - what a caring father, one who knows which words to use. It feels like both are guardian angels for each other. I'm so grateful to have seen this post today. Makes my heart feel so light. Breathtaking. Makes me think of my dead who died ages ago. I know he loved me but showed it in a completely different way - in a more, uuuh, very hidden way. Sigh. Having a family is so precious, not important how old we are.
Such a beautiful thing for a parent to do for their child in their last days. Kudos to the flower shop that kept the handwritten note for so many years
For about a year when I was little, my dad would hand write a little note everyday in a notebook along with my schedule for that day. He died when I was 8. I forgot all about the notebook. I found it last year and read thru all of the little notes. I keep it in my nightstand and read a diffrent note every night. It's been 10 years since he died and I find it hard to remember who he was, but I still have the notes. I don't think he ever realised how much I'd treasure a few little notes that he wrote before work everyday.
This is so sad, yet so beautiful that I teared up instantly. This proves that love can still exist in the world, no matter how hard it gets. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
While going through my grandmother's papers about 10 years after my mom died, I found a card and letter from her. It was marked "For Cheri, after I'm gone". By this time, I had also lost my dad and my brother, several of my friends, and I was really feeling alone in this world. My mom's letter meant everything to me wwhen I found it, and I'm sure she was reading it over my shoulder with me...
I knew I should not read this right after putting on makeup and before having to depart to work, sh*t.
This was so sweet if him and I teared up. I had that feeling in my chest when you start getting sad, you know, the tightness. Happy birthday!!!
When I was 8, mom told me about May Day. From 9 on, no matter where I was in the world, my mom would receive a bouquet of flowers for May Day when a mother's son shows his love for her. She's gone now, but I still honor her on May Day.
Comedian Eddie Izzard lost his mother when he was six and his brother was eight...on their (21st? I think?) birthdays, they were each given a watch their mother had bought for them before she died; held through the years by their dad, so they could have something she had held in her hand while thinking of them. He wears it most days.
I just can't stop crying and smiling a happy smile at the same time - what a caring father, one who knows which words to use. It feels like both are guardian angels for each other. I'm so grateful to have seen this post today. Makes my heart feel so light. Breathtaking. Makes me think of my dead who died ages ago. I know he loved me but showed it in a completely different way - in a more, uuuh, very hidden way. Sigh. Having a family is so precious, not important how old we are.
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