Hey Dad

Hey Dad,

Today is Father’s Day and I miss you so much.  I can’t put into words how much I wish you were here.  I can barely remember what you look like or the sound of your voice.  I remember things in bits and pieces and at the most random moments.  I vaguely remember the sound of your laugh or the way your eyes would crinkle at the corners when you found something amusing.  I don’t remember much of you at all, and the memories I do I have are now fuzzy at best.  But even ‘tho the memories are fuzzy, what’s clear to me now is the love that you always had for me. 

I’ve been sitting here and thinking about you and I just realized that this December will be the 16th anniversary of your death.  Do you know what that means?  It means that this Christmas you will have been gone for over half of my life.  I can’t believe it. 

Dad, I miss you.  I love you.  I thank you.  I thank you for giving me all you had and for loving me the the way that you did.

Always,
Your baby girl