Dear Daddy,
I guess you know who it is, so I'll just start talking. You never seemed to mind if I was a bit different than everyone, not like Mama did. You always seemed to back my decision, whether you were drunk or not. I guess you could say you were a fantastic person. Though, brutally honest and excessively violent.
Mama always said you'd marry your liquor bottle one day. I guess she didn't know you'd end up quitting. Staring out the windows or off into space I sometimes think about how you always took time to play and tell fascinating stories. Things Mama wouldn't be caught dead doing. I don't even remember the last time she read me a story...
You always had a knack for teaching us somewhat useless things like how to tend chickens and, okay, play dungeons and dragons. But you also taught us how to be ourselves and to keep an open mind.
You've always been my idol. My hero. My only exception. You've always been my daddy. The guy who gave me piggy back rides when I was small and got upset when I yelled "Sh*t!" across the yard. You're the one who made sure I did my chores and punished me as needed.
Just because you loved your liquor and you beat Mama doesn't mean you were a bad person, it just means you made some bad choices. But who am I to say anything? We all make mistakes.
Now that you're gone, life's been excruciatingly hard. I try my best to be the young woman you've always wanted me to be. To be the daughter that makes toy proud, even in Heaven. I know as you look down on me and watch me make my way into the world, you'll also be right beside me, helping me along the way.
You may be gone for now, but I will never forget you, for I am your daughter and you'll live on in me. I will make you proud.
As graduation draws nearer, I wonder what my next step is. I know I'll be fling off to college, but that doesn't mean I wont have you as a guardian angel. You may have a broken wing, but you're stol the only exception.
As you look down on me and my brother, I hope you'll remind us every day, in some odd way, that you love us and though it has been almost four years, I know, deep in my heart, you will always be my only exception.
With love,
Rachel
Wow.........
There are a few typos:
Fling should be flying.
I think stol should be still.
Yeah, I only skimmed it. I originally wrote it on my Kindle, and so I couldn't fix the minor mistakes... Thanks though