Garth Callaghan can’t believe the difference a few days can make.“A week ago, I was just a dad who was writing notes,” he said Thursday on TODAY. But those notes — one or two lines of inspiration ...

At the end of the day, the notes Garth Callaghan writes for his daughter’s lunchbox may be the only part of him she has left. The Glen Allen, Va., man was diagnosed in 2011 with kidney cancer. He had ...

A father who has received three cancer diagnoses may not know how long he has to live, but in the time he has left, he is making sure that his daughter will find an inspiration message in her lunchbox ...

Henrico County resident Garth Callaghan began writing napkin notes to pack in lunches for his daughter, Emma, when she was in kindergarten. She’s now an eighth-grader, and he’s still doing them. But ...

Garth Callaghan started slipping notes into his daughter Emma’s lunchbox when she was in kindergarten. She could barely read at the time, so he kept the napkin notes simple with easy words, sometimes ...

Emma Callaghan is one lucky girl. She might just have the sweetest dad around, and although he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he's making sure he'll be a presence in her life for years to come.

A dad battling cancer writes one note per day to his daughter By Rebecca Ford Napkin Notes Book Cover - P 2014 Garth Callaghan began writing short notes on napkins and putting them in his daughter’s ...

Ever since his daughter Emma was in elementary school, W. Garth Callaghan would jot down inspirational quotes and bits of dad wisdom onto napkins and slip the notes into her lunchbox. It became their ...

Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea’s Pacific Standard banner is developing a film adaptation for New Line of Garth Callaghan’s memoir “Napkin Notes: Make Lunch Meaningful, Life Will Follow.” ...

For years, Garth Callaghan has been writing notes on napkins that go in his daughter’s lunchbox. They’re usually inspirational quotes or simple messages -- “This week is going to be awesome! Don’t ...

Garth Callaghan has been writing notes to his daughter Emma ever since she was in the second grade. Sometimes it's just a few words of encouragement, sometimes a famous quote. Now Emma is 14. And ...