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When I was 8, my dad’s made up letter prophesied my only soccer success

The best lie my dad ever told me growing up was the one he told on a whim to cheer me up.

My family had just moved, something we did a lot in my early years, and I was feeling pretty down about starting over at a new school and let’s be honest probably missing the teacher I had a huge crush on in second grade.

Trying to cheer me up, my dad called me into his office with news of a letter he had received from Voorhees Soccer Association about the soccer team I would be joining that fall.