Dearest Kylene,

 
I thank you.

I thank you for gracing our lives for twenty-three all too short years.

I thank you for your love that lifted my soul, your laughter that brightened my days, your trust that I wished I deserved.

I thank you for the examples of courage and determination you showed the world and made me so very proud.

I thank you for the pure, unpretentious love you gave and joy you brought into the lives of so many people.

I thank you for your understanding and forgiveness for those times I was angry and said cross words which I shall forever regret.

I thank you for making life more worth living, and the world's burdens more bearable.

I thank you for being the special person you were, our precious child, our greatest gift.

I thank you for being you.

 
Love Forever and Ever, Daddy.
Nov 25, 2007.