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You make every excuse to talk about him
even in conversations that have nothing to do with him, just
to be able to hear his name.
You smile at every single text message he sends, even if
it's something as irrelevant as what he ate that day.
You blush when someone mentions him.
Other people notice you're so much happier ever since you
and him started talking/dating.
You get butterflies the instant he turns down the hall to
come see you.
You want to be with him all the time, even if you guys
aren't doing anything; You just want to be in his
company.
You hate sleeping because it means you won't be able to
talk to him for at least 4 hours.
For all of those reasons and so much more.
I'm falling hard ♥
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RaeIsAwesome
Daddy,
I
miss you. I need you so much right
now.
Would
things be different if you were still here? Would life be
this bad? If you were here you would teach me to be strong.
You would be my Superman, just like you were when you
fought so hard. I still remember lying cuddled up to your
frail body as you slowly withered away. I remember having
to leave, and every time my heart broke a little more. I
remember saying "I Love You, Daddy. I will see you
later," even though I was never sure; any breath could have
been your last. I remember the day mom came home, July 5th,
2007. I remember staying with my cousins for hours because
I didn't want to face the truth, what I already knew. I
remember coming out, all eyes on me, and asking "Is
he...?" I didn't even finish my sentence. I didn't
even have to ask. Mom wouldn't have left if you were
still alive. I remember everyone breaking down. I remember
my brother pulling in and just bawling in his car; he didn't
see you in time. I had never seen my brother cry, let alone
like that, nor have I seen him cry since. It was
frightening to watch everyone fall apart around me. Mom
held me, but I didn't cry. You taught me to be strong.
Maybe I tried to stay strong for everyone else. I
remember your funeral, your body laying in the casket. I
remember it took me half an hour to finally go up and see you.
You didn't look like you at all; your hair was all gone
from all of the treatments, your skin was white as snow, your
body was so frail and you looked like a skeleton. I
remember kissing your forehead before we had to leave; it was
cold. So cold. I will never forget the chill of death
against my lips; it haunts me still. I remember I barely
made an appearance at the funeral. I hid in the back room;
I couldn't take any more "I'm sorry's" or
"Are you okay?'s," especially not "Everything
happens for a reason." There is no reason for what
happened to us. There is no reason I had to sit there and
watch you suffer. There is no reason that I will always be
broken without you. This is no reason that I will never
have my father walk me down the isle, or that I will never get a
real father-daughter dance. There is no reason that my kids
will only ever know their grandfather from pictures and from the
stories that I will tell them of you. But if there is one
thing that my kids will know about you, it's that you are an
incredible man. And I mean ARE not WERE, because your
spirit lives on in me. I promise you that as long as I
live, you will never be forgotten. If there is one thing
that I have learned from everything, from you, it is to always be
strong. Be happy. Be cautious, you can only trust a
few. But most of all, don't take other people's
sh*t. Life IS too short, for all of those saying "life
isn't too short, it's the longest thing you do. What can
you do that's longer than life?" Well think about
this when you're 45 on your death bed, and you have barely
done anything you wanted to in life. Think about this when
you hear about a baby who was stillborn; they didn't even get
a chance to experience the things that you are experiencing right
now. Think about that 19 year old who just died in a car
crash because of a drunk driver; he will never get to experience
his 20's and have the most fun people could possibly have.
Thank you for teaching me to not take life for granted,
daddy.
I hope I make you proud, daddy, because I am
just like you, and I'm proud of it.
I miss you. I need
you.