Paulina Rosanne

“Hey, Dad. Man I haven’t been here since the funeral. Uh usually I try to avoid you today which is ironic because I could really use you about right now. So I figured I’d come here and say some of the things I never got the chance to. I’m sorry, Dad, that I wasn’t there that night and I’m sorry that the last thing I ever said to you was…awful. I’ve had a really, really bad year. I’ve had a bad couple of decades actually and I haven’t even come close to the man you wanted me to be…and now I’m going through some of the same stuff you went through and I’m not handling it nearly as well as you did…I wanted to say I’m sorry…and if it’s the last thing I do I will make you proud of me. I swear to you I’m going to make you proud of me.”

“I miss you when something really good happens, cause you’re the one I want to share it with. I miss you when something is troubling me, cause you’re the one who understands me so well. I miss you when I laugh & cry, ‘cause I know that you’re the one that makes my laughter grow & tears disappear. I miss you all the time, but I miss you the most when I lie awake at night, & think of all the wonderful times that we spent with each other.”

“You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forwards.”