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A Letter To My Father In Heaven

I have an angel watching over me and I call him Daddy.

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A Letter To My Father In Heaven
Janelle Batz

Dear Daddy,

Let me first start off by saying how much I miss you. I miss you so much it can't even be put into words. Things aren't the same without you here. The two year anniversary of your passing was just a couple of days ago. I can't believe it's already been two years. Those two years went by so quick but feel so long without you.

It sucks not having you here with me. Whenever I get exciting news or do good on a test, I go to my contacts and look for your name. But then it hits me, no one will answer if I call. It will just ring and ring with no one ever picking up on the other side. Honestly, sometimes I forget that you're no longer with me and then when I remember it's like I lost you all over again.

I don't understand why you were taken from me so early and I probably never will. They say everything happens for a reason but I just can't possibly see what that reason could be.

Although you aren't physically here with me, I know that you're everywhere I go. I feel you in the wind when it blows, the sun when it shines, and whenever I see a yellow butterfly flutter by. You're watching over me from heaven and that in itself gives me so much peace.

I've gained the best guardian angel a girl could have.

Whenever I miss you I think back to the old days. I remember the countless nights we sat watching Shark Tank and Ancient Aliens together. Or the time I received my college acceptance letter and you hugged me and told me how proud you were of me. Or the way you used to always eat your cake in a bowl filled with milk. It's the little things that I'll cherish forever. And it's the little things that I will pass on to my children one day.

And finally, I want to tell you how much I love you and appreciate everything you had ever done for me. I know we got into our fights at times and it may have seemed like I didn't appreciate you but I promise you that I did. Every sacrifice you ever made for me is not forgotten. I love you so much daddy and if I could bring you back, I would in a heartbeat. But life doesn't work that way, unfortunately.

I'll always be your little alligator and your only little girl.

Love,

Your daughter that misses you very much

In loving memory of Donald Lee Batz 1/6/1946-9/5/2014, lost but never forgotten.

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