# @chrisyandle on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYkETYDMT0u
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65820132-chrisyandle-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-20T14:39:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chris Yandle, Ph.D. (@ChrisYandle) — https://gondola.cc/ChrisYandle

## Caption

I am sad, happy and proud all wrapped in one.

Today is the day aeyandle and I knew was coming when we dropped Addy off for her first of kindergarten in August 2013.

4,657 days later, she is graduating from high school.

While these nine year of #DadLunchNotes did not begin until fourth grade, they were always there from the beginning. Our little chats from the house to the carline and her daily debriefs after school…or coming to my office at univmiami and georgiatech because she thought “daddy’s office was cool.”

There are no more notes to Addy.

Her last note was written on her last day of school earlier this month. Today is about her.

There is no message I could write her that she doesn’t already know.

Being her dad has made me a better person and I know her brother will make me better in other ways.

It’s emotional for me to close this chapter because I didn’t think I’d still be here 10 years ago. As much as we’ve enjoyed the highs, the lows, and the deepest depths of depression and anxiety together, all I hope for is that she does what makes her happy.

And maybe for some of the 1,570 notes to stick to her as she begins college in August.

Today is about celebrating Addison’s hard work (she’ll be a college sophomore when she starts officialsouthernmiss).

I will miss these moments, but I look forward to the next four years of moments I can make with Jack…one note at a time.

#parenting #mentalhealth #handwriting

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## Tags

parenting, dadlunchnotes, handwriting, mentalhealth

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