I have never felt more important to any person in my life. The love I got from you was the purest and most unconditional that I have ever and will ever feel. You were the first man I ever grew to love. The man who taught me how to love. You are and always will be my hero. With my hand around your pinky, all I could ever feel was protected.
You were such an incredible man. You knew just how to make me happy and even sometimes you would make me mad just because you could. Just like any father, you always wanted the best for me. You never made me feel like you were disappointed in me. All you only ever showed me was love. The most pure, true love.
I want you to know that I am thankful for everything you did for me and every lesson you ever taught me. You taught me how to ride a bike, to wear too much cologne, and to work through math problems. You also taught me to think for myself, never take less than what I deserve, and to always believe and love me for everything I have and everything I am.
I wish you were still here. You should have been there to see me in my first show choir performance, saw me go to my senior prom or watch me walk down the field on graduation day. You weren't there to coach me on my first date or to argue with mom to let me stay out later, or even there to console me when a guy broke my heart for the first time.
There are many things that I have yet to do that I know you will miss out on. You won't be there when I move out on my own, you won't get to try to scare off the man I fall in love with, and you won't be able to walk me down the aisle. My children will live their whole lives without knowing you.
I know it may be hard, but I don't want you to worry. I am doing fine. I will never be as good as I would be if you were here, but I am okay. Life has been just fine to me, and I'm grateful that I had the time that I had with you to learn as much as I could from you. Everything that I do well is thanks to you. And you better believe I blame you for the things I do that aren't too great.
Thank you for the wisdom. You are forever in my heart, and I love you so much.
