Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app

Continue in app Continue in browser

3.7K

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

ADVERTISEMENT

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.

More info: Twitter

Michael William Sellers died in 2013 from pancreatic cancer, but he thought ahead when it came to his youngest daughter

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

“Ever since my dad passed away I’ve hated my birthday and I dread it every year because he always made it so special”

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

ADVERTISEMENT

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

“I was especially dreading my 21st because I knew it would be the last year”

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

Attached to the flowers, Bailey found a handwritten love letter from her dad

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

“I broke down. That letter was very very awesome and sad all at the same time”

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

Twitter users quickly responded to Sellers’ post, calling it both “heartwarming,” and “heartbreaking”

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

ADVERTISEMENT

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

ADVERTISEMENT

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

Daughter Gets Final Gift On Her 21st Birthday From Dad Who Died From Cancer 4 Years Ago

Greta Jaruševičiūtė

Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.

Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.

What do you think ?

Painting Puddles 6 years ago

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

24points

lindsaymad2000 6 years ago

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.

11points

Lillian Chesak 6 years ago

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.

10points

Load More Comments

Painting Puddles 6 years ago

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

24points

lindsaymad2000 6 years ago

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.

11points

Lillian Chesak 6 years ago

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.

10points

Load More Comments

Related on Bored Panda

Related on Bored Panda

Word Search

Sudoku

Crossword

Word Flower

WordroW

Jigsaw

Picdoku

Killer Sudoku

Kriss Kross

Trending on Bored Panda

Also on Bored Panda