Anonymous
Oh lord, I have lived this day to bury one i love. My gratitude is as full as my grief, and my peace is as deep as my pain-all because of you. I need you as never before. Shepard my soul through these dry and heavy days.
You send us to this earth for a season, and then you receive us again unto yourself. I understand this cycle, but wasn't quite as ready to let go my father as I thought I'd be. All my life I've known that someday this would happen, but the finality and reality are piercing. One thing I know, that death cannot kill love and human hands can't bury it.
Dad, I think about you everyday. I dearly miss you. Some days are hard, because I'm still in shock you're not here with me. I stare at your pictures and listen to your voice mail to bring you closer to me. I know one day we'll meet again, I love you very much dad.
Your loving daughter,
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