A Sentimental Letter

Someone I know asks me to write personal letters once in a while. This one surprised me.

To my good friend,

I have gone through the experience of losing several family members over the years and I know words will never be enough to lighten the pain.

Still, I know your father led a full life and you were a great source of his happiness and fulfillment. Just when we thought we are all grown up because our kids can already stand on their own, we are still only our parents' children. We will still only be as good as the examples they set, as good as the values they taught.

Many people think you are privileged because you're well provided for. However, the real privilege is being mentored by a person as great as your father.

We can never really repay our parents and they don't really expect us to. The highest praise we could give them is passing on all the learnings they taught us to our children and to the people we share our lives with, so their legacy will live on.

We became friends because we had common interests. The real measure of our friendship is how we stand by each other during the low times in our lives.

God bless you and the rest of the family.

Love lots