I get a lot of weight loss stories sent to me. As a dad though, this one really hit me.
Andrea Schiappacasse is a fifth-grade teacher at Allen Elementary in Southgate, Michigan. She recently gave her students an assignment. She wanted her kids to write down a moment that they were proud of.
All of the papers were great, but one stood out.
When she was grading the papers, she came across one from Ally Johnson. Ally is a student that is full of life and is always in a good mood.
While reading the story, Andrea started to tear up.
Mike Johnson, Ally's dad, has battled obesity for a while. He has struggled with his weight but knew that he had to make a life change. He was well over 300 pounds.
He started to see that he was not able to do things with his daughter. So he decided to lose weight and did it for her. He lost weight to ride a roller coaster.
She was not tall enough in 2013 to ride it and he was not thin enough to ride it.
So he promised he would take her on it in 2014.
Andrea asked me if I would be willing to write a story about it. After reading the letter, I told Andrea that the only way this story could be told is by Ally with her exact words.
Rapter
The Rapter is a roller coaster at Cedar Point.The Rapter is one of my favorite rides at CP. My dad wanted to ride it with me but he couldn’t.
So he wanted to do something about it.
In 2013 I wanted to ride the Rapter but I couldn’t because I wasn’t 54 inchs to ride it. I would be able to ride it in 2014. But the only problem was that he couldn’t ride it.In 2013 my dad was lousing wait just for me so he could ride it with me.
Once my dad lost 34 pounds he roud the Rapter. He vedio tap himself riding it. He sent the vedio to my mom and my mom showed the vedio to me.When I saw the vedio I wanted to cry. I was soooo proud of my dad.When my dad got home I hugged him and wanted to ride it with him soooooo bad.
The next year in 2014 I roud front set of the Rapter with my dad.And today my dad lost over 100 pounds. I’m so proud of my dad.
Mike, I am amazed at your weight loss. But more amazing than that…
I am truly amazed at how well your daughter told your weight loss story.
