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Date Posted: 10:10:53 06/16/13 Sun
Author: usmgrad
Subject: Dear Dad

Title - Dear Dad

Author - usmgrad

Disclaimer: JAG and its characters are the property of CBS Television, Paramount Studios and Bellisarius Productions. All rights reserved. No monetary gain will be realized from this story and no copyright infringement is intended.

(updated from it's original posting)

The year is 2025. This is a letter from Emily, Harm and Mac’s adopted daughter to her dad a few days after her wedding. While it’s not exactly a Father’s Day story, hopefully it holds the same sentiment.



Dear Dad,

Why is it we can never say what we want to say, when we want to say it? I wanted to tell you so many things on my wedding day but the time just slipped away. Now that the wedding is over and Peter and I are home from our honeymoon, I want you to know what I was going to tell you. I know I could call, but would probably start crying before I said everything. Of course I could just wait until we see you at Christmas but I decided to do it now, the old fashion way, with a hand written letter.

First, thank you. You and mom picked me, you could have walked away all those years ago but you didn’t. You accepted the challenge (my words) of taking in a five year old and raising her as your own and I’m glad you did. I knew something special was going to happen that day and I was right. I got a very special mom and dad.

I know you probably think I wasn’t paying attention the day of my wedding, that I was all caught up in ‘my moment’, but I saw you standing there, in the background, like you did so many times as I was growing up. You have always been there; ready to step in at a moments notice. Like when you had to explain to my why my best friend Rachel had to move away because her daddy got orders. Or the night I had a date, my first, with Jerry Willis and he stood me up. I was crushed, but you were there with a cup of hot chocolate and a shoulder to cry on. There were so many memories floating around in my head the day of my wedding, good memories and a lot of them were of you.

At one point I think Mom could tell I was getting nervous so she took my hand and told me a story about your wedding day. I never laughed so much; did you really forget the rings? Holding her hand, I thought of all the times you and she have held my hand. Times when I was scared, times when I was nervous. Even times when I didn’t know what I was, just that I needed something, you were always there. I want you to know holding your hand has always given me strength. Like when I was six and had to stand up in front of the class for the first time and give a book report it was your hand that I held walking into the school that morning. When I was ten and went away to summer camp, it was your strong hands helping me carry my bags from the car to the bus. The year I turned sixteen and Mom got so sick, we held hands a lot that year. Just the thought of my hand in yours gives me strength, even today.

Do you remember the time you had to take me shopping for school clothes because Mom was out of town? I can laugh about it now, but then I thought I was going to die. My dad, a Navy lawyer, was taking me clothes shopping! I don’t know who was more nervous about that shopping trip, you or me. You never did like the tops I convinced you to buy that day. And then there was the time we went to a Father-Daughter dinner, you all dressed up in your dress whites and me in my first evening gown. I felt so awkward, a tomboy in a party dress. But you made me feel like a princess, I was the luckiest girl there that night.

And my infamous tea parties? I can still see you sitting down at that tiny table and drinking my pretend tea, wearing one of my dress-up hats. You never complained, no matter how silly they made you look.

Just the simplest thing stirs up memories. I see you take off your jacket and it reminds me of when I was six and you would be gone on those long TDY’s. I use to get so afraid you wouldn’t come home from those trips. Sometimes I would find your jacket, the one you wore when you flew Sarah and put it on. Of course it didn’t fit, but that was okay because I had my daddy’s arms around me and I wasn’t afraid anymore. Dad, I’ll never be too old for you to put your arms around me. It always makes me feel safe and loved.

I love Peter; I want you to know that. I’m exciting about our future together. I know that part of that future, someday will include children. Yes at some pointing you will become a Grandpa and I can’t wait! Because you see, you have been the best father a girl could wish for and I know you’ll be a wonderful grandpa.

I love you, Dad.

Emily

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[> So sweet and loving -- Beth, 14:55:59 06/16/13 Sun [1]


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[> Beautifully written, thank you! -- JoyZ, 16:29:39 06/16/13 Sun [1]


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[> Aw how lovely Usmgrad -- Bev uk, 13:48:03 06/17/13 Mon [1]


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[> A tissue warning next time please. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you, usmgrad. -- carramor, 17:52:23 06/17/13 Mon [1]


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[> So very lovely! -- Dee, 18:37:41 06/19/13 Wed [1]


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