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A few months before I started Year 10 at Harvey Ag, my Dad was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal neuroendocrine cancer. Even though he was going through so much himself, he still encouraged me to go to boarding school because he wanted me to chase my dreams and have every opportunity he could give me.

My dad was the one who wanted to take me to Harvey for my first day, so he drove me down himself. When it was time for him to leave, he held me in his arms while I cried. He told me he loved me, that I was going to be okay, that he was always there for me, and that he was proud of me.

Months later, I found out that after he dropped me off, he went straight to my Nana’s house and said, “I don’t reckon she’ll last a week. I’ll be getting a phone call to come and pick her up.”

Well Dad… I lasted all three years.

You didn’t get to see me graduate, and I’d give anything for you to have been there that day. Losing you during high school was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through. There were so many moments where I wished you could’ve been there.

The opportunities, the friendships, the memories, and the person I’ve become all started because you encouraged me to take that chance, even when you were fighting the biggest battle of your own.

The night before you dropped me off, you sent me the sweetest message telling me how this was the opportunity of a lifetime.

You were right.

Harvey Ag gave me some of the best years of my life, lifelong friendships, and memories I’ll treasure forever. None of it would’ve happened without you believing in me before I believed in myself.

I only wish you could’ve been there to see it all. To watch me graduate, to see the person I’ve become, and to celebrate all the milestones that came after. I hope somehow you’ve been watching.

Before he passed, he made sure everything was in place so I could continue my schooling. I’ll always be grateful for that - even as his life was coming to an end, he was still making sure mine had every chance to begin. He gave me a life I’ll never take for granted, and Im forever grateful.

I love you to the moon and back and I miss you every single day, Dad. by @ebonychitt

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3 months ago

Dad, today is three years without you now, and you wouldn’t believe what the last three years have been like. I graduated high school — from the school you thought I wouldn’t even last a week at… jokes on you, I made it. I moved states, I got into uni, and I’ve been trying to build a life I wish you could see. I went through my first heartbreak, and there were so many moments where I needed you more than anything. I wish you were there to hug me, to hold me, to tell me it was all going to be okay when life felt terrifying.

Now I’ve finished school and I’m stepping into adulthood, with my whole life ahead of me… and it scares me knowing you won’t be in it. I wish you were here to watch me grow up. I turned 18, officially an adult — and I wish you could’ve been there to take me out to the pub so we could have a beer together. These are the moments I’ve missed, the ones I really wanted to share with you.

I miss you every single day, and there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t love you. I really wish you were there at my last school ball, and especially at my graduation — when I stood on that stage and looked out into the crowd, I felt it… the space where you should have been. No matter how much I achieve, there will always be a part of me wishing you were here to see it, to be proud of me, to make it all feel complete.

I love you to the moon and back ❤️❤️
Today let’s all crack open a Pepsi max and cheers to my beautiful dad ❤️ by @ebonychitt

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6 months ago

Pt 2 of the ball 🪩🪩 by @ebonychitt

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a year ago

Harvey Ag Ball 2025

Thank you so much for my Hair and makeup done by @thelookinhairandmakeup taken in Mantra Bunbury Lighthouse by @ebonychitt

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a year ago

Dear Dad,

It’s been two years, and so much has happened – things I always imagined sharing with you. Starting Year 12 felt like stepping into the unknown, and the thought of not seeing you in the crowd at my graduation just breaks my heart.

Getting my license was bittersweet. I wish you had been the one to teach me how to drive, I can just imagine the fighting that would go one between us, but at-least it would mean you’re still around. And buying my first car? I could just picture you negotiating the best deal for me.

There have been so many moments these past two years where I’ve longed for you. Report cards, school balls, bringing my boyfriend home to meet the family (you always said you’d break his arms and legs if he hurt me) – all these milestones feel incomplete without you. I miss your support, your safety, your cooking, your house, your smile, your hugs. But most of all, I miss your love.

I just wish I could have a normal teenage life with my dad by my side. No matter what happens in life, nothing will ever get between the love a daughter has for her dad. At heart, I’ll always be your little girl.

I love you to the moon and back,

Chicken. by @ebonychitt

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2 years ago

The hike was worth it 🗻🌅 taken in Bluff Knoll by @ebonychitt

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2 years ago

Harvey Ag ball 24
@declan_james_2008 ❤️ by @ebonychitt

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2 years ago

One year without you Dad. It was on this day a year ago I told you I loved you for the last time. The last time I hugged you, the last time I held your hand, the last time I looked into your beautiful blue eyes that you gifted me with. The last time I talked about you in the present tense, even though you will never be my past, but always my whole heart. You’ve missed a lot this past year, and I’ve had to do a lot of things without you. Father’s Day felt wrong, Christmas was not merry, my birthday was not happy, not without you. My messages to you never got a response, my calls rung and went to voicemail, then after a while the messages stopped sending and the phone wouldn’t ring at all. Your house was emptied and sold, all the memories packed into boxes. I held out hope that you were coming back, that this was all just a horrible nightmare and I was going to wake up any moment and return back to a perfect life. This has been a tough year, and there’s going to be many more tough years to come. The hardest part of it all is knowing that I’ll never get to hug you again in my life, or hear you speak, I won’t have you sitting in the crowd at my graduation, or walking me down the aisle at my wedding or meeting your first grandchild. I hope you’re up there drinking your Pepsi max and watching the bombers kick the footy around the MCG. Cancer took you from me but cancer will never take the love you gave me, nobody will ever be able to take that away from me. I believe I will get to see you again, not today or tomorrow, or even in 70 years, but one day, as I know you would never truly leave me. So, until that day, I love you to the moon and back Dad. by @ebonychitt

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3 years ago

Harvey ag ball 23 taken in Bunbury Lighthouse by @ebonychitt

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3 years ago

3/10/1969 - 16/4/2023 🕊️

Today was the day we lost my dearest Dad. A beloved son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. Words can not describe how heart breaking this loss is. I will miss everything about my dad. The way he would always wrap both arms around me to hug me. The words “I love you and miss you” written on all the containers he bought me. The messages he sent me of how proud he is of me. How he sends me a video every year on my birthday. The “I love you to the moon and back”. I will miss you coming to watch me ride and how much you supported me. How we used to paint our nails and draw faces on our belly buttons, not once did you care about anyone’s opinions as long as I was happy. I will miss you always and forever. I will always be your Chook. Love you to the moon and back Dad ❤️ by @ebonychitt

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