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A Letter To My Dad And Role Model

I am trying to grow up to be someone like you.

Wesley Bryant

Aug 15, 2016

Harding University

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Wesley Bryant

Dear Dad,

I know I am growing up and really starting to live on my own. I'm starting to fall, learn, and on occasion struggle... but I think I've done a pretty good job at being an adult so far. And I wouldn't be who I am today without someone like you.

Thank you for the lessons.

You have been saying things to me for years. You've planted seeds in my head that have grown into a beautiful mindset. You've taught me "a professional is an amateur that didn't quit." You set momentum in me that will go on for years.

You've also shown me "you are who you hang around." You have told me to surround myself with people that will bring me up. Successful people do not hang out with people that want to bring them down. I guess that means if I want to be successful, I need to be best friends with someone like you.

The most important lesson you have shown me is "Stay positive. You never know whom you are influencing." I've learned that if your positive, you will take control of the things happening around you. If you are positive, you are not being affected by the waves in the ocean of life... you're building the boat for others.

Thank you for the fun.

You may be getting older, but I don't see it. You're youthful and you know how to have fun. You may surprise us and jump in the pool when we least expect it, or you might show us up with your basketball skills, but you never let anything keep you from having fun.

I've learned to not take myself so seriously. If you stay high-strung, you will trip on yourself over and over again. You've shown me to laugh things off, and to just enjoy life. I hope I will forever be as joyful as you are.

Thank you for keeping me thinking.

You never let me give up. You have pushed me when I thought I couldn't keep going or when I was drowning in stress. Even when I'm at college, I think about what your guidance would be. You have blessed me in ways that I will pass on to your grandchildren one day. You've made me think, and I believe that is the greatest gift. Maybe one day, I'll be as awesome as you are.

I love you, Dad!

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A Letter To My Dad And Role Model

I am trying to grow up to be someone like you.

Thank you for the lessons.

Thank you for the fun.

Thank you for keeping me thinking.

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!