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If there were a Daughter of the Year award, this Mississippi woman would likely win it for the Christmas present she gave her father this past Christmas. Lindsey Moore posted a video to her TikTok of her Secret Santa gift to him, fulfilling a promise she made to herself years ago when she was a child.

When Moore was 7, she remembered her father selling his Dan Marino football card for some extra money. She vowed to repurchase the card, and over 30 years later, she did just that. In the video, Moore’s mother reads the Christmas card aloud as her father gets emotional. Moore wrote, “Money was tight, so you were selling your most prized possession, at least what I viewed it as.”

She continued, “I felt your sacrifice, and it taught me that I would do whatever was necessary to ensure my future family never needed for anything. It was a lesson that has stuck with me since that moment and taught me the value of the greater good.”

Moore concluded, “I will never be able to fully repay that debt. Seven-year-old me would be so elated to see that I finally fulfilled that promise I made to myself. Thank you for everything.” As Moore’s mother read the card, her father took off his glasses and was getting a bit misty. He opened the gift, and sure enough, the 1984 Topps Marino card was in the envelope. It was graded 5 by PSA. He wiped away tears and hugged his daughter.

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