Dear Jill,

I don't think that your Father could have asked for a more beautiful remembrance of him and his journey home to Our Lord. I didn't lose my Dad to this cancer, I lost mine to a massive coronary. He knew he was going to die too. Long before the rest of us did. And in the end, the ONLY thing that mattered to him, is that we knew he loved us with all of his heart.

I know it's VERY hard in the beginning, but eventually you'll realize like I did, that now your Father is with you all the time and not just when were able to visit him. In the quiet of the night and the peacefulness of my thoughts, I talk to my Dad about all kinds of things. He comes to me in my dreams and we discuss the tough stuff over a pot of coffee, just like we did in life.

He's not gone. Don't think that for one second. He's here, just in another dimension, waiting for you in the distant future when you're ready. Until then, he will always live in your heart, in your mind, and in every good thing that you are.

You and your family will be in my daily prayers as you adjust to his absence in this world.

Love,
Lisa