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The Days They'll Remember Most · The Seed Project

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  Hey, friend.
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  Welcome to Send A Seed.
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  I'm Charlotte Edwards, and I believe small seeds create big impact.
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  Each week, we'll plant one.
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  Let's dig in.
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  This Father's Day weekend, I found myself sitting on the couch watching the US Open with my husband and son.
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  And as I sat there, I found myself thinking about my dad.
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  Growing up, golf was always on at our house, especially on Sundays.
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  And at first, I didn't understand much about golf.
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  But when it's something that's a part of your weekends year after year, you start to pick up some things.
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  I learned the players, what a birdie was, and how to keep score.
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  And somewhere along the way, golf became something my dad and I shared.
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  Most weekends, we were just sitting in the den watching whatever tournament happened to be on the TV.
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  Nothing fancy or extraordinary.
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  It's just what we did.
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  Back then, I never thought much about it.
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  It was just Sunday.
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  And even as an adult, it stayed part of our relationship.
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  If a tournament was on, there was a good chance we'd be texting each other.
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  Sometimes it was A comment about a shot, the leaderboard, or a player we were pulling for.
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  Nothing profound, just golf.
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  Or at least that's what I thought it looked like.
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  But looking back, those little conversations were one more way that we stayed connected.
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  One year, my husband and I took both our dads to the US Open at Pinehurst for Father's Day.
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  It was my dad, my father-in-law, my husband, my son, and me.
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  Three generations together at one of golf's biggest tournaments.
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  And if I'm being honest, it was hot as Hades.
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  My dad and I spent half the day looking for shade.
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  But we'd find a spot for a few minutes, watch a group come through, and then head off again, trying to catch another favorite player on a different hole.
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  We walked miles that day, chasing players all over the course, trying to see as many shots as we could.
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  And looking back, I don't remember who won the tournament, but I remember being there with him.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And what a gift it was that all of us got to share that experience together.
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  My dad passed away several years ago, and if I'm honest, Sundays still feel a little emptier.
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  I still catch myself wondering who'd he be cheering for or what he'd think about a particular shot or tournament.
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  But this weekend, sitting there and watching the US Open, I realized something.
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  What started as something I shared with my dad has become something we share as a family.
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  My husband and son both love golf.
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  They both play and follow the game.
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  And if we're watching a tournament together, they usually know far more about the different clubs and shots than I do.
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  As I listened to them talking about the players and shots and scores, I couldn't help but smile because in that moment, my dad felt very close.
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  Not because he was sitting on the couch beside us, because it was something he loved, and it's still bringing our family together.
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  It's funny how life works that way.
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  When we're living in them, moments don't seem particularly important.
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  They're just weekends, just conversations, time together.
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  But years later, those moments often are the ones that stay with us.
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  They're the moments become part of who we are.
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  They're the moments that we wish we could revisit just one more time Looking back, I don't remember every tournament we watched.
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  I don't remember every winner, the text messages that we exchanged.
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  I just remember my dad.
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  And this Father's Day, sitting beside my husband and son, I was reminded that some of life's greatest gifts aren't found in the big moments.
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  They're found in the ordinary ones we almost miss.
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  So that's your seed for the week.
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  Pay attention to the ordinary moments.
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  One day, they'll become the memories you treasure the most That's your seed.
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  Now go plant something good