Almost everyone wants to make Father’s day a special day for their father. The Smith family: a kindhearted family from Pennsylvania has been through a lot in the last year. The Smith family had a family member pass away last year. The two girls in the Smith family are on a mission to make sure their dad has a great Father’s day this year because he truly deserves it.
The reason the Smith family has been through a lot in the last year is that Lori Smith, the loving mom and wife in the family passed away a year ago from breast cancer. It was so hard on the two girls when they lost their mom. The dad, Bob Smith showed great strength through the completely terrible ordeal. Even though Bob was hurting inside, he wanted to be strong for his two beautiful girls. After Lori died, Bob Smith became a single dad to eighteen-year-old Kenzie Smith and twenty-one year old Caitlyn Smith. About three months after Lori died, Kenzie and Caitlyn moved to Los Angeles, California to follow their dreams in acting. Their dad was happy for them and he supported their decision to go to California, but of course he was going to miss his two girls a lot. Kenzie and Caitlyn felt bad for leaving their father alone in Pennsylvania, so it was time for them to do something special for their dad. With about three months until Father’s day, the girls knew exactly what they were going to do to make Father’s day special for their father.
Almost three months later, the girls were off work from their acting jobs for a week and they decided to get started on the Father’s day surprise. Caitlyn and Kenzie packed up their suitcases, and then ordered two plane tickets for that night. At about 1am, the girls headed to the airport and boarded their flight to Pennsylvania. While they were on the plane, Kenzie called a hotel close to her father’s house to reserve a hotel room for her and Caitlyn.
About three and a half hours later, the girls arrived at Harrisburg International Airport. They drove to the hotel, and then they walked up to their hotel room with their suitcases and went to sleep. At 10am, the girls woke up, both of them got cleaned up, and then they went out to do some shopping for their dad. They drove about ten minutes to the local Wal-Mart to get some groceries for a breakfast buffet for their dad. They got pancake mix, breakfast sausage, bacon, orange juice, and fruit. After they got the groceries, they went to the craft section and got a big poster board, markers, and glue to make a homemade Father’s day card from the both of them. After they got the supplies to make a homemade Father’s day card, they thought about what they could get their dad. 18-year-old Kenzie suggested that they should get a toolbox because the one he has now is old and falling apart. They got a stainless steel toolbox, and then they bought some Father’s day wrapping paper. After that, they checked out at a register and put everything in their car, and then 21 year old Caitlyn Smith and 18-year-old Kenzie went to the local beer distributor and got two cases of beer for their dad. After they got the beer, they went back to the hotel, relaxed, watched TV, and then went to sleep. The girls got everything they needed for the Father’s day surprise that they were planning for their dad.
At about 4am, the girls drove over to their dad’s house, they opened the door with the key that they had, and then they slowly brought the toolbox in the kitchen. Then they brought the beer, the groceries for the breakfast buffet, and the wrapping paper in the house. They wrapped the toolbox, and placed it on the kitchen table, and then they wrapped the beer that they got and placed it beside the gift-wrapped toolbox. Then they brought the craft supplies in the house to make a card, and they placed the supplies in the living room. They sat down on the floor, and started making the homemade card. After they were finished with the card, they placed it beside the gift-wrapped toolbox and gift-wrapped beer. Then the girls started to make the big breakfast buffet. They made bacon, breakfast sausage, strawberry pancakes, blueberry pancakes, and plain pancakes. When they finished making the delicious looking breakfast buffet, Kenzie went outside and parked the car behind the house so their dad would not see it when he came home from a night shift he worked at his job. About ten minutes later, the girls heard their dad trying to unlock the door. When Bob opened up the door and walked inside the house, the first thing he saw was his two girls standing in the kitchen. Kenzie and Caitlyn both said at the same time, "Happy Father’s day dad! We love you!’’ Bob smiled and walked over to his two girls, gave them a hug, and said, ''this is an awesome surprise! I missed you girls so much!’’ Bob sat down on a kitchen chair and talked to his two girls about what has been going on with them in California for the last couple of months. When they finished talking, Bob put the Father’s day card in his hand and started reading the card. On the front cover of the Father’s day card, it read Happy Father’s Day to an amazing dad. Bob saw a picture of the two girls and himself on the cover of the card. Bob gave the card to Kenzie and told her to read it to him. She opened up the card and read to her dad what her and Caitlyn wrote. ''You have been an amazing dad to us. You helped us get through the terrible time when mom passed away. You gave us your honest opinions about our decisions on what we wanted to do with our future and you supported every decision we made. You are such an amazing dad, and we hope that we can be an amazing person like you. Happy Father’s day dad, we love you so much! Thank you for everything that you have done for us.'' At the bottom of the card it read that in two weeks the show that the girls are acting in is being cancelled and the girls decided to come home and attend college close to home. Bob walked over to his two girls with tears falling out of his eyes and said that the card means a lot to him, and he is happy that his girls are coming home. Bob walked over to the two gifts sitting on the kitchen table and opened them both. He smiled when he opened the beer and said,” I will definitely be putting this gift to good use!'' Bob smiled again when he opened up the toolbox and he said that they did not need to spend their money on him, but he loved both gifts very much. After they threw away the wrapping paper, and put the toolbox in the garage, they started eating the breakfast buffet. Bob told his girls that the breakfast was delicious and then he went to go take a shower, while the girls cleaned up the kitchen.
Unfortunately, it was a rainy day, so after their dad was done in the shower; the girls took him to an action movie at the local theater that lasted from 11:30am - 1:30pm. After that, they took some umbrellas and went to Lori’s gravesite. They stayed there for about fifteen minutes. It was still raining, so they decided to check the weather in Slippery Rock, PA at Slippery Rock amusement park. It was not raining there, so they drove almost two hours to the park. They went on almost every roller coaster, played almost every game, and went on the water rides too. At 8pm, the girls and Bob left the park and the girls dropped off their dad at his house. The girls hugged their dad and their dad thanked them for an amazing day. The girls left and went to their hotel room to get their suitcases, and then boarded the plane back to L.A. Kenzie and Caitlyn were so happy that they made Father’s day special for their dad.
The girls came back home to PA for good about two week later. They moved back into their old rooms at their dad’s house, and enrolled in college. Kenzie and Caitlyn will always be interested in acting, but they decided to focus on some other dreams that they could accomplish close to home. Both of them have a dream of wanting to be a music teacher after they finish college. Almost everyday the girls and their dad visit Lori’s gravesite. Bob sat down beside his wife’s gravesite one day and told her about the amazing Father’s day surprise that the girls gave him. Bob will treasure the memories of that Father’s day surprise forever.
-Realistic Fiction Short Story.
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