My Sweet, Beautiful, Doogle

Right now I am 8000 miles away from you, mommy, and the chunkster. I think about all of you every night. I know you may be too young to understand right now, but I am doing this becasue I love you. I want you to grow up cultured, and I want you to experience the world. More importantly though, I want you to have a father. I have not been there enough for you and your sister. I can only hope you will understand why some day. You are growing so fast and inevitably, we will eventually have our differences. As you grow up there will be things I do or won't let you do in order to protect you in the best way I know how. You mean way to much to me as my first little girl for me to stand idly by as an apethetic father.

In the days to come, when you are upset with me, or when you do not like one of my decisions, I want you to read one of these random letters. Each one is a memory or thought illustrating the reasons why I love you so much. Hopefully they will remind you how much your mother and I love you, when you need reminding most. Just remember in the tough times, that I love you as much as I have ever loved anyone or anything, and that there is nothing you could possibly do to change that.

Love, Your dadder.