Dad walks daughter to first day of kindergarten ... and last day of high school
Sifting through a stack of old photos as the end of his daughter's senior
year of high school was rapidly approaching, Jason Gayler couldn't help but get
emotional when he stumbled on one picture in particular.
It showed him walking his daughter Brittany to school on her first day of
kindergarten when she was 5 years old. The picture not only had him welling up,
it also sparked an idea.
my dad walked me to school on my very first day & today he walked me to school on my very last day pic.twitter.com/70RmbI7oQ9— Brittany Gayler (@BrittanyGayler) May 25, 2017
Jason, 38, and Brittany, now 18, recreated the photo, this time with Jason
walking Brittany to her last day at Alvord High School in Alvord, Texas.
Brittany tweeted the picture on May 25 alongside the original photo, warming
hearts with a moment she won't soon forget.
"It was very bittersweet walking with him,'' Brittany told TODAY. "It's
definitely a moment I'm going to remember forever. When I posted the tweet and
going back and forth through the pictures, it just amazes me how fast it goes
by. It feels like yesterday that we were taking that first picture."
Several people joked in the responses to her tweet that her father didn't
seem to age at all in the 13 years between pictures.
"When everyone kept asking why my dad hasn't aged and if he was Benjamin
Button, my first reaction was, 'Have you seen him in person?''' Brittany joked.
"But I do have to be honest. When I went back and looked at the pictures, I did
notice that he still looks young."
Brittany will be heading off to Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, to play
softball and continue her education in the fall.
"It has been a bit shocking with a mix of happiness,'' Jason told TODAY about
the reaction to the photos.
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