Father's Day has been a special day to me throughout my entire life, but it has taken an entirely new meaning for me since losing my dad to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) in 2014.
I was a sophomore in high school and had committed to play softball at Georgia State earlier in the year. My dad fought the terminal illness like a champion for three years. The first two years of his condition I was clueless as to how serious and rapidly the disease progresses.
My father raised my brother and I as a single dad for most of our lives.