One year today...

I wish I could talk to you one more time. I wish I had asked all the questions while you were living that I've thought I would like to ask since you passed away. I can't wait to see you again because I've heard we know each other in heaven as we know our own selves. I want to know every thing about you daddy because I think there was so much worth knowing.

I love you with all my heart. A year without you has caused a hieghtened since of appreciation for who you were. Not for what you did but, for who you were as a person. In the end I think the thing that counts is intentions. Your intentions were always good weren't they? You may have fallen short at times but, at least your intentions were sincere. Forgive me for not recognizing that sooner.

Thank you for teaching me, by example, how to have compassion and empathy, how to love unconditionally, what it felt like to be loved by a father and for loving us above everything. Most of all, thank you for showing us how to face death with courage, grace and acceptance. I love you and miss you...I always will.

Cathy