dad, this is the second birthday that you've missed now.
most days i don't confront the fact that you're gone.. i shake the thought right out of my head because the truth of your absence overwhelms me.

sometimes i just can't help but wonder where the hell you are.
more importantly, where are we, your family? those you left behind -- - and how do we continue to will ourselves into existence? i just don't know.

happy 52nd birthday, daddy.

a huru m gi n'anya
a huru m gi n'anya
a huru m gi n'anya

miss you and love you always.
- ada gi