I miss you

Dear Julie,
I wish I could tell you that everything reminded me of you yesterday. My very own breath, every single step, everything I saw. My Mom and I started balling our eyes out together last night. She missed her father, I missed you. I try so hard to honor everything you taught me about life by living with optomism and openness. Sometimes though, things catch me off guard, and I feel like I'm a fish out of water. I cry about you until I swim in my own tears. Your spirit seems to shower down on me. I am grateful for still feeling connected to you. Then I made a cup of tea in the tea pot you made me. It always tastes bittersweet. I miss everything about you. Everything I disliked and everything I loved. Cus I realize I really did love everything I disliked.

You'll never read this, but it feels good imagining that you might,
-Shannon