Dear Dad,
I tried so hard to find the right words. After all, that’s what I do these days.
But nothing has been coming to mind.
It’s a strange anniversary. Then again, it’s an arbitrary date. 365 days. The earth has made one rotation around the sun without you.
And I have nothing to say.
Then again, what can I say? I miss you? That sentiment hardly needs to be typed. Of course, I miss you.
I missed you when you were only a forty-five minute drive away from my college, and I saw you every few weeks.
I missed you when you a three hour drive from Pittsburgh.
I missed you when you a five hour drive from Scranton.
And now? Yes, I miss you.
And I’ll still miss you tomorrow.
But today… I have no words for today. Just memories.
And today, more than any day, that doesn’t feel like enough.