Farewell Father.

We promise to carry on your contagious smile. 
The same one that would light up a room the minute you walked in.
We promise to laugh and never take ourselves too seriously.
We promise to love harder and forgive faster.
We promise to be content, in every sense of the word.
To be thankful for the air in our lungs, 
and the years we were blessed to have with you.


We promise to try and have as big a heart as you did.
To be selfless.
To know what we have, and know what we can give to others who are not as fortunate.
We promise to grieve that absence of your physical being for only a moment. 
And then we promise to set you free.
We promise to never give up on others, 
even when we’re ready to give up on ourselves.


We promise to be a friend and a mentor as you were.
To be a helping hand, a shoulder to cry on or a set of ears to simply listen...
And we can promise you this...
We can promise to open our heart to you when we fall in love and when we fall apart. 
When we find the one and when we become parents.
We promise to let you hear every giggle and feel every hug.
To know every heartache, 
and let you be there for every triumphant moment...


The most important promise we can make, 
despite all our mistakes and all our losses. 
A promise that carries the equivalence of all the rest combined is this...
We promise to make you proud.
With all that we are, 
We love you.