I know you will never hold this letter in your hands, and you will never wipe away tears of emotion you would cry after reading it. But I am going to feel wonderful writing it.

I want to start by saying that you are the most wonderful man in my life. You were the first, and you shall certainly be the most important, forever. You have shown me a love unconditional, something most people never, in their whole entire lives, experience.

You are open, you are kind, you are forgiving, you are understanding. And it's wonderful to know that I am your daughter, a product of you and Mom.

Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like, had you not made the change from the controlling man you were. I wonder what it would be like, having to bring home all A's, or being bitched at endlessly. I wonder what it would be like, to not have this wonderful relationship with you.

And that scares me. I had a dream that you died. I had a dream that you were on your death bed, and I came to you, sobbing, while I tried to tell you everything you mean to me. I said my last words, and you said yours. And you died. And it hurt me, for days and days. I was haunted with memories, of me sitting on your lap, as your twirled my small amount of hair, and memories of Easter Egg hunts. I remembered everything good about us, and about the man you have become, and the love you have never failed to show me. I started thinking ahead, to the future, when I will be living with a man who loves me, and I will have children of my own. I thought of my wedding day, a day that is not only important for me, but for you. You must give me away, then... Daddy. And I still can't get the image of your body, curled up on the bed, out of my mind. I don't ever want to experience that, Dad. You mean too much to me, I would never live through it.

Although I'm only 16, we both know I know a lot more about life than most adults. I want to thank you for making me, molding me, and teaching me, to be what I am. I am more than overjoyed at the thought of being assosciated with you of the rest of my life.

Thank you daddy. I love you.