I miss you so much. I have dreams again and again in which I make plans with you .... Dad, I miss you so much that it physically hurts me. There are times when I feel like I can’t breathe, like my chest is going to explode. I know that you will always be there and of course in my heart, but I don’t know if that will be enough for me. You are the best and ideal man I have ever known. You are my best friend, my best buddy since I was a baby. You taught me so much — you gave me the world. I have so much to be grateful for, but I feel shorted.
For my whole life, you stood behind me, supporting me, encouraging me, getting me out of trouble, teaching me, getting after me, loving me. You have done a wonderful job of preparing me for the difficulties and the joys of life, but I feel lost anyway. I love you so deeply. As I sit here typing this and crying, I see your smiling face, I feel your big solid slap on the back, I hear you say “I love you.” Thank you for always being there for me, no matter what; thank you for teaching me about everything, and for learning about the things that I was interested in that you didn’t know about; thank you for your honesty, since I was a little girl; thank you for your friendship; thank you for respecting my opinion and talking to me like I was an adult even when I was little; thank you for sharing your life with me; thank you for teaching me about right and wrong and showing me the courage to step forward to do right and challenge wrong; thank you for being a gentleman, thank you for demanding that I do my best; thank you for a lifetime of love, support, kindness, warmth and friendship; thank you for teaching me how to win and how to lose with class; thank you for war movies; thank you for the world that you brought me and for all the good things I am.
Goodnight Daddy, I love you,
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