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Story: "Daddy's Little Girl"

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

 

Well Daddy, today marks your 55th birthday.  Oh how I wonder if you have any gray hair.  Went over to mom's house today and a friend of mine in Virginia left you Yellow Gladiolas' and made you a birthday cake to share with fellow volunteers and Rangers at The Wall.   I wanted to make you a cake, but I thought that might be a bit too much for mom to handle.   God how she misses you!   She still loves you with all of her heart you know.   

In June we went to Washington, DC, I finally got to meet Barney with Casualty Control.   He's a good guy dad, you'd like him a lot!!!   Found some information that I brought up to the Joint Task Force Full Accounting people.   Hopefully, they will check a site that I found.   A fisherman says he buried an American serviceman on the rivers' bank.   I don't know if it is you or not, but one can always hope! You taught me that.   To look up at the stars and dream a little dream. Because sometimes our wishes and dreams do come true!   

I'm slowly learning what a wonderful guy you are.   A lot of the men you served with or taught have taken time to get in touch with us after all these years.   It makes me sad and angry though.   They all say that you were a special and one of a kind type of guy.   I'm mad, why did you have to leave?   To know that you were a great guy makes you not being here in our lives all that more painful! Don't get me wrong dad. But it wouldn't hurt quite so much I think if you were a not so nice guy if you know what I mean.   They all tell me how you affected their lives.   Why couldn't you be here to affect mine?   It took me a long time to try to turn my life into something that I think you would even be remotely proud of.   I only hope that I have succeeded in some small way.   

Well dad, as you can guess, I ramble.   Happy birthday daddy!    I love you and miss you terribly!

Your little girl,

Kimberly
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