Teenager Paige Bowers fondly remembers giving her dad a make-over when she was little and having lazy days watching films in their pyjamas.
She also remembers rebelliously tipping her breakfast into the sink pretending she had eaten it, just so her father would give her a yoghurt.
But her memories of wrapping her doting daddy around her little finger were tragically cut short when at the age of four, 24-year-old Sean Bowers was killed in a devastating house fire.
Little Paige and her big sister Sophie, then five, suddenly had to grow up fast and found themselves becoming the faces of a major fire safety campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of cooking while under the influence of alcohol.
It was 12 years ago this month that flames ripped through Sean's mother's house in Coed Mor, Pen-y-Ffordd , near Holywell after a chip pan was left unattended.
Plasterer Sean, from Bagillt , had been drinking and had fallen asleep on the couch. He died despite efforts to save him from neighbours who were beaten back by smoke and flames.
Today Paige, now aged 16, has shared her heartbreak of growing up without her dad as she honours her annual tradition of sharing the few memories and photographs she has left.
She told North Wales Liv e: "Losing somebody you love is extremely difficult, no matter how old you are. I was only four when my dad died.
"Dads are someone you look up to, someone to admire, someone to be proud of, someone to learn from, someone to respect, listen and talk to, someone to try and impress, someone to rebel against, and most of all, someone to share your life with.
"I am so incredibly grateful and happy to have called Sean my father, even if it was for a short time.
"To say I loved my dad would be an understatement, and to say I miss him would be an even greater one.
"When I was little, I could never have imagined not having my dad around or that he wouldn't be here to watch me grow."
Paige, from Rhyl , said she has been supported by her mum, Kirsty Garrett, over the years as the grieving process "hit hard," bringing with it phases of feeling angry, sad and betrayed.
But it helped when family members would fill in the blanks by sharing stories about Sean and what a great person he was.
College student Paige, who has ambitions to join the Army and become a combat medical technician, said: "Hearing stories about my dad helped with the grieving process, it helps to keep his memory alive.
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"Coping with my dad's death hasn't been easy, you have good days and bad days.
"The good days are filled with laughter and joy, whereas during the bad days, you struggle with simple things.
"After my dad's death, the happy, crazy little girl turned into a shy and quiet one.
"But recently, I've realised that my father would want nothing more than for me to be happy. He'd be disappointed if he knew his death even caused a little bit of sadness."
Paige added: "Every year, we still release balloons and attach little notes to update my dad on how life is going.
"This is a really important thing to me as I love to write him little messages.
"My father lives on through his memory and spirit, I would love to have an hour long conversation with him and just talk about nothing and let him know how much he is truly loved and missed.
"I believe losing a loved one is the same as losing a limb, the pain the sadness doesn't just vanish, it's there forever, however you have to be positive and think of what they would have wanted and this helps so much.
"It doesn't make your grief go away, however it lightens it a bit more.
"It's an everyday battle but you have to support one another and get through everyday because life is too short."
Over the years, Paige and Sophie have taken part in sponsored walks, appeared on television and featured in a hard-hitting DVD to help raise awareness about fires in the home.
For showing strength and bravery beyond their years, they even received a Daily Post Your Champions award in 2009 as a tribute to their courage.
Crediting her father for making her a stronger person, Paige said: "If I can prevent such a tragic event happening to someone else by sharing my story, then I will be happy.
"I can’t express how important it is not to drink and cook, not to use or leave a chip pan on the stove unattended, to check batteries in your smoke alarms and to get a free home fire safety check.
"Fire spreads quickly and devastates lives. Please do not let this happen to your family.
"If my dad's sad death can help others then I know he will not have died in vain."
Latest figures released by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service show that the number of chip pan fires has almost halved from 23 in 2015/15 to 12 in 2018/19.
Only 5% of accidental dwelling fires were due to either a chip pan or deep fat fryer over the last five years.
Justin Evans, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service's head of community safety, said: “We really are grateful to Sean’s family for helping to highlight the dangers of cooking fires.
"The reduction in the number of chip pan fires over recent years demonstrates that our awareness raising efforts are working and that residents are taking our advice on board.
"We urge anyone still using an old style chip pan to replace it with a thermostatically controlled deep fat fryer, and never cook after drinking.
"It is vitally important to have working smoke alarms in your home which are tested regularly, if you have a fire a working smoke alarm will alert you in the early stages of the fire, allowing you and your family time to get out to safety.”
