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From funny and endearing to life lessons and blunt oddities, Yandle has covered a lot of ground with his more than 690 handwritten notes.

As he thinks about the fast-approaching new school year, Yandle said that \"recycling through some of these I've written kind of helps my mind think about some of the things that I want to say to her going into eighth grade.\"

\"I want her to have fun. I'm hoping to be a little bit more funny with her this year,\" he said. Addison will go back to school on Aug. 6.

As his daughter has grown up, Yandle said he told his wife, \"I don't want her to be this meek, mild, timid woman. I want her to be strong, opinionated and independent.\"

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The father of two never planned on the notes garnering so much attention, but after a push from his daughter's principal, Yandle fundraised enough money to publish a book, \"Lucky Enough: A Year of a Dad's Daily Notes of Encouragement and Life Lessons to His Daughter.\"

\"Each page not only is the message I wrote her, but there's an anecdote or story behind each one,\" he said.

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\"One thing I've learned throughout all of this, with both Addison and Jackson, our kids ultimately don't care what we do or who we are professionally, they only care that we're here, that we listen and that we care about them,\" he said. \"Not how much money I made or cool places I traveled, ultimately they cared that I came home, sat down with them, did home work and listened.\"

He continued, \"Ultimately just being there no matter how you do it -- from batting cages to watching 'Below Deck' -- it doesn't matter as long as you're there and just present I've learned it goes so much further than anything else I could ever do.\"

Read more of Yandle's words of wisdom below

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