Dying Man Writes 800 Inspirational Notes For Young Daughter’s Lunch

Garth Callaghan writes inspirational messages on his daughter’s lunch box napkins every day and, even though he’s dying, he vows she’ll receive one every day through her high school graduation.

Callaghan will keep that promise, even though doctors—who have diagnosed him with cancer three times in two years—give him just an eight percent chance of living another five years.

Since he’s likely dying, and soon, he’s started writing his lunch notes in advance. He needs 826 total; he’s currently at 740. Just 86 more to go.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.