My biggest struggle in life continues to be me. I have fleeting moments of wanting to become someone that I am not. You know, a person with no flaws, such as addictions, desires, things that for most would be fine, but for me self-destruction. Alas I am a human being, with more defects than most. So for this day I will remain myself, and continue to do things "one day at a time."

What a wonderful picture father, if only I could make others feel the way you make me feel. Its like you have opened the very doors of heaven, and the wonderful rays of light and their colors have painted your love for us in a way no human ever could. "Your love lifts me higher than I have ever been lifted before." This is your day father, with love-Ochoco.

How I wish my focus was as good as yours. But alas my concentration is only at best, fleeting. You were at the least marvelous, at the best I cannot find the words to describe your performance. Exceling at your game, and blinding us that watch.

It was like they said it was. Yesterday I was there, today I am here. Much has passed since then, but the joys that lay ahead make me long for many yesterdays yet to come. Like a new day, fresh, unchallenged, bright, new. Your love has carried me on.

This was all I needed to keep going. But in time I would come to know differently. What a wonderful surprise you were. A journey with endless joy, mared only by fatigue. Keeping up with you has been the most rewarding effort of my life.