Dear Daddy, It's 4 years today yet it feels like you've been gone most of my life. Isn't that strange? No matter how many...

Dear Daddy, I use to think a lot about  that first year. It was all about the 'firsts' without you. The first birthday. The first...

Dear Daddy, For the last 3 years, life without you has felt like this sign. No outlet. Not a through street. Our road to each other...c...

Dear Daddy, Tis the season. I usually end that saying with an exclamation point. But there are times, I just can't. Today is one...

Dear Kalista, Absolutely no way has this happened! The fastest 6 years of my life just flew by me like I was standing still.  K...

CONFIDENCE Some people have that certain ability to always be confident no matter what the situation. Even if they know things may not...

Dear Daddy, Today is the 3rd year I am wishing you happy birthday from afar. I sit here thinking about what I would have written in ...

These. Three. Words. I realize I fall within the minority for what I am about to proudly admit, but I am just going to be honest: I A...

Dearest Sophia Grace, Well it happened again. I blinked and another year passed. All of sudden you are 8 years old. I feel like this ...

This girl... Where did she go? Dear Kalista, You have finished your JK year. And what a year it has been. My spunky, outgoing...

Dear Sophia & Kalista, Another year has passed and I am definitely older. Wiser? Well, maybe I can give you an answer next year. ...

There is no way! Are you really FIVE? Where did the time go?!  Kalista, It is a gift being able to watch you grow up. You are th...

Happy birthday to the greatest man I was lucky enough to have in my life. Dear Daddy, Happy birthday. Oh how my heart aches on occas...

Dear Kalista, I remember years ago I thought once school-age came around I would be less busy. Oh was I wrong!  I have come to realize the ...

My dearest Sophia, Holy cow! How could it be? You are 7 years old? There is just no way this has happened. And so quickly too. Seven ...

Dear Daddy, Another Father's Day is on the horizon. I could praise you until my dying day, but thought I would let you know what a gre...

Dear Daddy, It still seems like yesterday. Some days are harder than others, but the hurt is always the same. I think about you every d...

Dear Daddy, It's an odd time of year, in the sense that even though you are not here it should still be magical, festive, full of...

On August 9, 2007, our lives changed forever. You have brought Daddy and me more joy and love than we could have ever imagined. It was ...

Father's Day  A day to honor and cherish THE special man who raised and loved me unconditionally. This will be my first Father...