Daddy, I wish you were here with me through all these important, exciting, and life changing things. I wish you were here for all the new people in my life that will never get the chance to meet you… I wish you were here to keep me strong through all the speed bumps down the road. I wish you were here to hug me and never let go. I miss you more than I can ever put into words…..

I lost you in the years that I need you the most; becoming a young adult and figuring out what I’m going to do for the rest of my life. Nothing is or will be the same without you… I miss you so much. But I know you wish you were here with me too. Everything I do is to make you proud. I love you, daddy…. R.I.P. April 3, 1944 - December 1, 2009. <3