Dear Daddy,

Dear Daddy

I woke up today morning thanking you for what you mean to me. You have been a source of inspiration to me that I will never be able to erase from me. This has been my routine for the past few months and I am indebted to you for my lifetime to thank you for what you have given to me. Little I knew that today is the last day I will ever get to see you again. It has come as a shock to me that you no more belong to this world and you have taken the leap of separating from your body to merge with the existence.

Dad, I am not prepared to accept this news. I cannot believe that I could not see you before you left your body. I cannot believe that I could not hear before you left your body. I am unable to imagine that I cannot express and feel you anymore. Somewhere I believed that you are there to hear me and see me enjoying this life. I am unable to imagine that I cannot see you any more except I can perceive you. It is a very hard reality daddy that I am just not ready to accept. I am sure at the time of going you must have wanting to see me, talk to me and express your love. Even though we have been living in different cities, I was always thinking you are just a phone call away. But today, I am getting the feeling of not been able to relate with you anymore. Is this real daddy? Am I ready to go through this daddy?

While my mind understands that all of us born are bound to leave this planet one day, but my heart is not willing to accept this reality. I have been growing with the strength of you daddy. My health, my maturity, my value system and my beliefs everything is shaped by you. I have not told this to you as many times as I wished to express. Daddy, I just want to let you know that you are a part of me and I am grateful to you. Daddy, you have not spoken a word with me on how to live life, instead you showed me by living your life. Daddy, you have never motivated me to do great things in life, but you gave me that comfort, strength and courage that I am capable of achieving big in life.

Daddy, I cannot forget the hug I gave you last time when we met. I cannot forget the last time when I said ‘I Love You’. I cannot forget the last letter I wrote to you and I know that you have preserved that letter very safely close to your heart. I cannot forget the last birthday wish call I made to you yesterday. I am grateful daddy that I could express my love to you in my own little ways. But, I just want to let you know that my expression of love is only a miniscule of what I feel within.

I really wish I could have expressed more to hear from you on what you want. I know daddy you sacrificed your youth to up bring me. I know the days when you fed me with your portion of food. I cannot forget the number of days you carried me, took me along to the school and college by walk. You are my hero daddy. You make me feel stronger and worthy. There is nothing enough I can do to express my gratitude to you. This one lifetime is not enough to thank you for what you have done. The only way I can express my gratitude is by living my life worthy of it. Dad, I promise you that I will not let you down. I will live life in such a way that you will be proud of me. Daddy, I will ensure that I will be more expressive within all my relations. I do not want to miss anyone anymore, for life is so short that nobody knows when their call due is. I will live life as if there is a whole lifetime is waiting, I will express my love to people as if there is no tomorrow.

Daddy, this is not my last letter to you. It is my continuation of my expression of love for you. I will continue to express my love with the memory of all the great time we had together. I know you are reading this letter from wherever you are. With a strong sense of belief that you are there for me, I will continue to look for you and look up to you. Till now, all my expressions were ‘I am with You’ and now onwards it is ‘You are with Me’.

With lots of love,

Your ever loving son