fathers day

Eight years ago is when I wrote a paper that not only meant a lot to me but also meant a lot to my dad. Father’s day there was a contest in the local newspaper. To enter the contest you had to write a two hundred-word essay about what your father meant to you. If you won the contest you got your essay put in the front page of the newspaper on fathers day along with a picture and an article written about you. I was ten years old at the time so I thought that it would be really cool to be on the front page of the newspaper. My mom told me that it would be a good idea if I entered too.
Later that day my mom told me that I should get started. She told me to sit down and write out a list of things about my dad. I started the list by saying how he has ten kids and is always there for every one of us when we need him. He has a full time job that he works very hard at. He still manages to have time to be our soccer and basketball coach. Every morning he got up at a quarter till five to dri...