I USED TO ENJOY SITTING IN THE SUN AND FEELING THE WARMTH ON MY FACE. RELAXING A BIT, WITHDRAWING FROM THE RACE.
BUT THE SUN’S WARMTH IS NO LONGER THE SAME, AS I SEARCH THE SKY, SEEKING SOMEONE TO BLAME.
I’M VERY DIFFERENT NOW THAT YOU HAVE TRANSITIONED AWAY. I HAVE ONLY MEMORIES TO KEEP MY SADNESS AT BAY, BUT TOTALLY HEARTBROKEN THAT YOU COULD NOT STAY.
THERE WERE SO MANY MORE THINGS I WANTED YOU TO KNOW AND I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAD TO GO.
YOU SEE, I’VE NEVER KNOWN A FINER PERSON THAN YOU. I’M PROUD OF THAT FACT, THOUGH I’M NOT SURE YOU KNEW.
YOUR GENTLE NATURE AND KINDNESS WAS A GIFT FROM YOU MOTHER. POSITIVE TRAITS THAT COULD COME FROM NO OTHER.
OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE BEAUTY OF NATURE IS SOMETHING WE SHARED. AND OUR ROAD TRIPS JUS SHOWED US HOW MUCH WE BOTH CARED.
I KNOW YOU WORRIED AND WANTED ME TO BE OKAY. AND I PROMISE I WILL…ON SOME FAR-OFF DAY.
AND ONE MORE THING MARCUS THAT YOU AND YOUR MOTHER ALREADY KNOW. I’LL LOVE YOU BOTH FOREVER, NO MATTER HOW FAR I GO.
REST IN PEACE MY SON.
DAD
W. Michael Millen, December 2024
